(SS) Riggs v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES TOMPSON RIGGS, Case No. 1:20-cv-00940-HBK 12 Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT

PREJUDICE1

13 v.

14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 17 This matter comes before the Court upon review of Plaintiff’s Response to the Court’s 18 Order to Show Cause filed August 31, 2022. (Doc. No. 21). As more fully set forth below, the 19 Court dismisses this case without prejudice. 20 I. FACTS AND BACKGROUND 21 James Tompson Riggs initiated this action by filing a pro se social security complaint on 22 July 7, 2020. (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff accompanied his complaint with a motion to proceed in 23 forma pauperis. (Doc. No. 2). The Court granted Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma 24 pauperis and a scheduling order issued on July 9, 2020. (Doc. Nos. 3, 5). On January 14, 2021, 25 the Court entered an order directing Plaintiff to show cause why the action should not be 26 dismissed due to Plaintiff’s failure to provide the necessary forms for…