Wood
Wood v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOUG W., Case No.: 24-cv-2382-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS [DOC. NO. 2]
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP Application”) is before 18 the Court. A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees 19 if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his or her assets, showing 20 that he or she is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must 21 “state the facts as to [the] affiant's poverty with some particularity, definiteness and 22 certainty.” United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981) (internal 23 quotations omitted). A party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma pauperis. 24 Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339–340 (1948). An affidavit is 25 sufficient if it shows that the…