Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN JAMES ALLEN, Case No.: 22-CV-1721 JLS (NLS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) GRANTING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS;

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting (2) SCREENING PLAINTIFF’S Commissioner of Social Security, COMPLAINT; (3) DIRECTING THE Defendant. CLERK OF THE COURT TO ISSUE

SUMMONS; AND (4) DIRECTING

THE U.S. MARSHAL TO SERVE

DEFENDANT

(ECF Nos. 1 & 2)

Presently before the Court are Plaintiff Brian James Allen’s Complaint (“Compl.,” ECF No. 1) as well as his Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (“IFP Motion,” ECF No. 2). This action was reassigned to this Court when the Clerk of the Court failed to receive Plaintiff’s Consent/Declination Form within twenty- one days of the date of the Notice of Social Security Case Assignment. See ECF Nos. 4 & 5. …