Smith v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Action No. 26-cv-00918-REB
SHANNON SMITH,
Plaintiff,
vs.
FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN
DISTRICT COURT WITHOUT PREPAYING FEES OR COSTS
Blackburn, J.
The matter before me is plaintiff’s Application To Proceed in District Court Without
Prepaying Fees or Costs [#2], 1 filed March 6, 2026. The motion and affidavit are in proper
form and indicate plaintiff should be granted leave to proceed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 solely on
the basis of inability to prepay fees or give security therefor.
THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s Application To Proceed in District Court
Without Prepaying Fees or Costs [#2], filed March 6, 2026, is granted.
Dated March 6, 2026, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:
1 “[#2]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific
paper by the court’s case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this convention
throughout this order.
Case No. 1:26-cv-00918-REB Document 7 filed 03/06/26 USDC Colorado pg 1
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