Morris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GRANT M., Case No.: 20-cv-1973-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of [DKT. NO. 2] Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Grant M.’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. 18 Dkt. No. 2. For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES the Application. 19 All parties instituting a civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 20 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a $400 filing fee. 21 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The Court may authorize the commencement of a suit without 22 prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of assets, 23 showing he is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). “[T]he facts as to [an] 24 affiant’s poverty” must be stated “‘with some particularity, definiteness, and certainty.’” 25 United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981)…