(SS) Champ v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARBARA L. CHAMP, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-0018- JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER TO PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE ) WHY HER MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA v. ) PAUPERIS SHOULD NOT BE DENIED ) ANDREW SAUL, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. )

Plaintiff seeks to proceed in forma pauperis with this action for judicial review of the decision to deny her application for Social Security benefits. (Docs. 1, 2) The Court may authorize the commencement of an action without prepayment of fees “by a person who submits an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets such person . . . possesses [and] that the person is unable to pay such fees or give security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Thus, an action may proceed despite a failure to prepay the filing fee only if leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted by the Court. See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177, 1178 (9th Cir. 1999).…