Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARCELLA RODRIGUEZ, Case No.: 19-CV-2164-JLS (BLM)

Plaintiff,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS; (2) DENYING MOTION

ASSOCIATED TECHNICAL

TO APPOINT COUNSEL; AND

COLLEGE, (3) DISMISSING COMPLAINT Defendant. 15 (ECF Nos. 2, 3)

17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Marcella Rodriguez’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (ECF No. 2). Also before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel (ECF No. 3). The Court addresses each motion and the sufficiency of the Complaint below. I. Motion to Proceed IFP All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma…