(SS) Morales v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GENARO VALENTINE MORALES, Case No. 1:23-cv-00614-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

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN

Respondent. FORMA PAUPERIS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

(Docs. 1-2) 17 Plaintiff Genaro Valentine Morales (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of an administrative decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying Petitioner’s claim for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. (Doc. 1). Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 2). I. Proceeding in forma pauperis The Court may authorize the commencement of an action without prepayment of fees “by a person who submits an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets such person…possesses (and) that the person is unable to pay such fees…