Richards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 7 L.R.,1 Case No. 23-cv-03421-PHK Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND DENYING MOTION TO SEAL

ROBERT MUELLER, et al., CASE Defendants. Re: Dkts. 2,

13 Pro se Plaintiff L.R. brings this action against seventy-seven named and unnamed 14 defendants, asserting claims predicated on the following: “18USC 1341 [sic]; 18USC 242 inter 15 alia [sic], fraud and fraud in the inducement, this is not a social security case, THIS ARROSE [sic] 16 OUT OF FRAUD IN THE SSA!” [Dkt. 1 at 1]. Before the Court are two motions: (1) Plaintiff’s 17 application to seal the case file [Dkt. 2]; and (2) Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma 18 pauperis (“IFP”). [Dkt. 3].

I. IFP Application

20 A plaintiff instituting a civil action in federal court must ordinarily pay a filing fee. See 28 21 U.S.C. § 1914(a). However, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), a federal court “must authorize the 22…