Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICIA R., Case No.: 20cv1771-LL

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE APPLICATION FOR

LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of

PAUPERIS

Social Security, 15 Defendant. [ECF No. 2] 16 17 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). ECF No. 2. “An affidavit in support of an IFP application is sufficient where it alleges that the affiant cannot pay the court costs and still afford the necessities of life.” Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015) (citing Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339 (1948)). “[A] plaintiff seeking IFP status must allege poverty ‘with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.’” Id. (quoting United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981)). Here, Plaintiff’s application is not on the form preferred by this Court, which requires more information about income, 26 …