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Mark G. v. Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Aug 7, 2020
NO: 1:20-CV-03097-FVS (E.D. Wash. Aug. 7, 2020)

Opinion

NO: 1:20-CV-03097-FVS

08-07-2020

MARK G., Plaintiff, v. ANDREW M. SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.


ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

On July 8, 2020, Magistrate Judge John T. Rodgers issued a Report and Recommendation that this Court deny Plaintiff's Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and pay the filing fee and administrative fee in full. ECF No. 4. Plaintiff was given fourteen days to file objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections have been filed.

The clerk of each court shall require parties instituting any civil action to pay a filing fee. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). A civil action may commence without the payment of a filing fee if a person submits a motion to proceed in forma pauperis with an affidavit of indigency. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Here, Plaintiff submitted such an affidavit. ECF No. 2. However, Plaintiff alleged assets sufficient to cover the cost of the filing fee and the administrative fee required by the Court.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Magistrate Judge John T. Rodgers' Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 4, is ADOPTED in full.

2. Plaintiff's Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, ECF No. 2, is DENIED.

3. Plaintiff shall pay the full filing fee and administrative fee within thirty (30) days of this Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED The Clerk's Office is directed to enter this Order and provide copies to all counsel.

DATED August 7, 2020.

s/Fred Van Sickle

Fred Van Sickle

Senior United States District Judge


Summaries of

Mark G. v. Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Aug 7, 2020
NO: 1:20-CV-03097-FVS (E.D. Wash. Aug. 7, 2020)
Case details for

Mark G. v. Saul

Case Details

Full title:MARK G., Plaintiff, v. ANDREW M. SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

Date published: Aug 7, 2020

Citations

NO: 1:20-CV-03097-FVS (E.D. Wash. Aug. 7, 2020)