(SS) Mata v. Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 JOHN PAUL MATA, Case No. 1:22-cv-01517-CDB (SS)

12 Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

13 v. DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ISSUE

SUMMONS, SCHEDULING ORDER, AND

14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, CONSENT OR REQUEST FOR

REASSIGNMENT DOCUMENTS

15 Respondent. (ECF No. 2) 16

17 18 Petitioner John Paul Mata (“Petitioner”) seeks judicial review of an administrative decision 19 of the Commissioner of Social Security denying Petitioner’s claim for disability benefits under 20 the Social Security Act. (ECF No. 1). Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s application to 21 proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2). For the following reasons, the Court finds issuance of 22 the new case documents and Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis appropriate. 23 I. Proceeding in forma pauperis 24 The Court may authorize the commencement of an action without prepayment of fees “by 25 a person who submits an affidavit that includes a statement of all assts…