Opinion
1:21-cv-01645-SAB
12-09-2021
ROBERT JOSEPH REEDOM, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ISSUE SUMMONS AND SERVE DEFENDANT UNDER E-SERVICE PROGRAM
(ECF NOS. 3, 4)
Robert Joseph Reedom ("Plaintiff) filed a complaint on November 22, 2021, challenging a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for disability benefits. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee in this action and instead filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) The Court found that Plaintiffs application did not demonstrate that he was entitled to proceed in this action without the prepayment of fees and Plaintiff was ordered to file a long form application. (ECF No. 3.) On December 8, 2021, Plaintiff filed a long form application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 4.) Plaintiffs application demonstrates entitlement to proceed without prepayment of fees.
On April 14, 2020, General Order Number 615 issued staying all Social Security actions filed after February 1, 2020 until the Commissioner may begin normal operations at the Office of Appellate Hearings Operations and may resume preparation of a certified copy of the administrative record. The Court shall order that the complaint in this action be served and the matter will be stayed once service has been effected on Defendant. The parties are hereby directed to paragraph 1 of the scheduling order to be issued in this action, which provides that service of Defendant shall proceed under the Court's E-service program.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;
2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to issue a summons and new case documents; and
3. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to deliver to the Commissioner of Social Security Administration and the United States Attorney's Office at their designated email addresses, a notice of electronic filing of this action along with the summons and complaint.
IT IS SO ORDERED.