(SS)Maldonado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHELE RENEE MALDONADO, Case No. 1:23-cv-01562-CDB (SS)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

v. DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ISSUE

SUMMONS, SCHEDULING ORDER, AND

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, CONSENT OR REQUEST FOR

REASSIGNMENT DOCUMENTS

Defendant. (Doc. 2)

17 Plaintiff Michele Renee Maldonado (“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 issuance of the new case documents and Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis appropriate. 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…