(SS) Reynoso v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREN LYNN REYNOSO, Case No. 1:23-cv-00141-CDB (SS)

Plaintiff, FIRST SCREENING ORDER (1)

DISMISSING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE

TO FILE A FIRST AMENDED

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, COMPLAINT, AND (2) DENYING

PETITIONER’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN

Defendant. FORMA PAUPERIS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

(Docs. 3, 5)

17 Plaintiff Karen Lynn Reynoso (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of an administrative decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying Plaintiff’s claim for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. (Doc. 5). On January 27, 2023, Plaintiff through attorney Josephine Mary Gerrard filed a “civil cover sheet” and attached an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (Doc. 1). The Clerk of Court noticed Ms. Gerrard the motion to proceed IFP must be filed as a separate document and the case could not be processed until a complaint was filed. (Docs. 2, 4). That same…