(SS) Aninion v. Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 6 VIRGIL PARAMI ANINION, CASE NUMBER: 1:24-cv-00243-GSA 7 Plaintiff, 8 FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY 9 APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of FORMA PAUPERIS AND TO 10 Social Security, REQUIRE FILING FEE PAYMENT,

AND DIRECTING CLERK TO

11 RANDOMLY ASSIGN A UNITED Defendant. STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 12 (Doc. 2) 13

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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, a Plaintiff must submit an 20 affidavit demonstrating that s/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 22 F.2d 114, 116 (9th Cir. 1965). In enacting the in forma pauperis statute, “Congress intended to 23 guarantee that no citizen shall be denied an…