Scher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 THERESA ULUWEHI SCHER, Case No.: 20-CV-1665 W (RBM)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IFP [DOC. 2] AND

REFERRING FOR REPORT AND

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of

RECOMMENDATION

Social Security, 17 Defendant. 18 19 On August 26, 2020, Plaintiff Theresa Uluwehi Scher (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint seeking review of the denial of her claim for social security disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act. Along with the complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) (the “Motion” [Doc. 2]). 25 I. INTRODUCTION The determination of indigency falls within the district court’s discretion. California Men’s Colony v. Rowland, 939 F.2d 854, 858 (9th Cir. 1991), reversed on other grounds, 506 U.S. 194 (1993) (“Section 1915 typically requires the reviewing court to exercise its sound discretion in determining whether the affiant has satisfied…