Doerer

I. BACKGROUND

25 Along with his complaint (ECF No. 1), on January 14, 2025, Plaintiff filed an 26 application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2). The application requires Plaintiff to 27 answer questions under penalty of perjury, including the question “have you received any 28 money from the following sources over the last twelve months?” (Id. at 1–2). The form lists several sources of income, such as pensions or gifts, as well as “other,” and allows the applicant to check “yes” or “no” in response to each category. If the answer to receiving any of these categories of income is “yes,” then the form requires Plaintiff to describe “each source of money, state the amount received, as well as what you expect you will continue to receive (attach an additional sheet if necessary).” (Id. at 2). Plaintiff answered “yes” to receiving money from “other sources.” (ECF No. 2 at 2). In addition, a certification by an authorized officer states that average monthly deposits to the Plaintiff’s trust account in the past six months were $843.36. (Id.) However, Plaintiff did not provide any of the additional information required by the form, such as…