(SS) Gomez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KIMO GOMEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-000789-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

v. DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ISSUE

SUMMONS

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF No. 4) Defendant.

17 Kimo Gomez (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in this action seeking review of the final 18 decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying disability benefits. (ECF No. 1.) 19 Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee in this action and instead filed an application to proceed in 20 forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff’s originally filed 21 application did not contain sufficient information for the Court to determine whether Plaintiff is 22 entitled to proceed IFP, and on June 9, 2020, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file a long form IFP 23 application. (ECF No. 3.) On June 29, 2020, Plaintiff filed a long form IFP application. (ECF 24 No. 4.) 25 In order to proceed in court without prepayment of the filing fee, Plaintiff must…