(SS) Gonzalez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZALEZ Case No. 1:23-cv-00886-CDB (SS)

Plaintiff, FIRST SCREENING ORDER DISMISSING

PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL SECURITY

v. COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO FILE A

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 2) Defendant.

16 17 Plaintiff Francisco Javier Gonzalez (“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. 1). Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 2). For the following reasons, the Court finds the complaint as currently pleaded was untimely filed and will grant leave to file an amended complaint. 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 assts such person…possesses (and) that the person…