(SS) Petersen v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 BRETT MICHAEL PETERSEN, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-1459 JLT ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION ) TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 13 v. ) (Doc. 2) ) 14 ANDREW SAUL, ) ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO ISSUE Commissioner of Social Security, ) SUMMONS, SOCIAL SECURITY CASE 15 ) DOCUMENTS, AND SCHEDULING ORDER Defendant. ) 16 ) ) 17

18 William Curtis Crandell seeks to proceed in forma pauperis with an action for judicial review of 19 the administrative decision denying his application for Social Security benefits. Pending before the 20 Court are the complaint and the motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docs. 1, 2) For the following 21 reasons, the Court finds issuance of the new case documents is appropriate. 22 I. Proceeding in forma pauperis 23 The Court may authorize the commencement of an action without prepayment of fees “by a 24 person who submits an affidavit that…