Blackhall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BARBARA B., Case No.: 20-cv-1931-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of

Social Security, [DKT. NO. 2] Defendant.

17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Barbara B.’s Application to Proceed in forma pauperis. 18 Dkt. No. 2. A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees 19 if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all her assets, showing she is 20 unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must “state the facts as 21 to [the] affiant’s poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.” United States 22 v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981) (internal quotations omitted). An affidavit 23 is sufficient if it shows the applicant cannot pay the fee “and still be able to provide himself 24 [or herself] and dependents with the necessities of life.” Id. (internal…