Reyes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIA ELENA REYES, Case No. 20-cv-1236-MMA (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of

Social Security, [Doc. No. 3] Defendant. 16 17 18 On July 1, 2020, Maria Elena Reyes (“Plaintiff”) filed this social security appeal challenging the denial of her “applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income” pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g), 1383(c). Doc. No. 1 ¶¶ 3, 6. Plaintiff moves for leave to prosecute this action in forma pauperis. See Doc. No. 3. All parties instituting a civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the United States, other than a petition for writ of habeas corpus, must pay the requisite filing fee. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to pay the filing fee, but only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma…