Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID PAUL LEE, Case No.: 20-cv-1596-BGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of

Social Security, [ECF No. 2] Defendant.

18 On August 18, 2020, Plaintiff DAVID PAUL LEE filed a Complaint seeking judicial review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for disability benefits. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not paid the civil filing fee required to commence this action. Before this Court is a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) filed by Plaintiff. (ECF No. 2.) All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for a writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); see 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (requiring a party instituting a civil action to pay a filing fee of $350 as well as…