Warden

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GARY HILL, No. 2:25–cv–1891 AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 WARDEN, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, a former inmate, has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See ECF 18 No. 1. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, which authorizes the commencement of an action “without 20 prepayment of fees or security” by a person that is unable to pay such fees. See ECF No. 2. 21 Plaintiff’s motion makes an insufficient showing to proceed IFP. As the Ninth Circuit has 22 recognized, “one need not be absolutely destitute to obtain benefits” under the IFP statute, 23 however “a plaintiff seeking IFP status must allege poverty ‘with some particularity, definiteness 24 and certainty.’” Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015) (citations omitted). 25 Here, the IFP application contains several omissions. Plaintiff does not respond to any of 26 the…