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Naima Tosha Lee v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
5 6 Naima Tosha Lee, CASE NUMBER: 1:25-cv-01007-GSA 7 Plaintiff, 8 FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY 9 APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN Commissioner of Social Security, FORMA PAUPERIS AND TO 10 REQUIRE FILING FEE PAYMENT,
AND DIRECTING CLERK TO
11 Defendant. RANDOMLY ASSIGN A UNITED
STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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17 Plaintiff moves to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Docs. 1–2. 18 I. Legal Standard 19 In order to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, Plaintiff must submit an affidavit 20 demonstrating that he “is unable to pay such fees or give security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. § 21 1915(a)(1). “To proceed in forma pauperis is a privilege not a right.” Smart v. Heinze, 347 F.2d 22 114, 116 (9th Cir. 1965). In enacting the in forma pauperis statute, “Congress intended to 23 guarantee that no citizen shall be denied an opportunity to…