(PS) Babbitt v. Sacramento County Sheriff's Dept..

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JOSEPH BABBITT, 2: 24-cv-02396-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff proceeds without counsel and seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff’s complaint and motion to proceed in forma pauperis are before the court. (ECF No. 1, 2.) I. Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis A plaintiff seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis must submit an affidavit demonstrating inability to pay the filing fee, which must include a statement of all the plaintiff’s assets and demonstrate the affiant’s poverty “with some particularity, definiteness, and certainty.” United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981). “An affidavit in support of an IFP application is sufficient where it alleges that the affiant cannot pay the court costs and still afford the necessities of life.”…