(SS) Freeman v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LORRAINE FREEMAN, Case No. 1:23-cv-00035-ADA-CDB (SS)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

v. DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

ISSUE SUMMONS, SCHEDULING

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL ORDER, AND CONSENT OR REQUEST

SECURITY, FOR REASSIGNMENT DOCUMENTS

15 Defendant. (ECF No. 16) 16 17 Lorraine Freeman (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in this action seeking review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying disability benefits on January 6, 2023. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee in this action and instead filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (or “IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff’s originally filed application did not contain sufficient information for the Court to determine whether Plaintiff is entitled to proceed IFP, and on January 10, 2023, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file a long form IFP application.…