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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACQUELINE K., Case No.: 3:21-cv-00405-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v.

PAUPERIS

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, [ECF No. 2] 15 Defendant.

17 On March 8, 2021, Plaintiff Jacqueline K. (“Plaintiff”) brought this action against 18 the Commissioner of Social Security, Andrew Saul, seeking judicial review of the 19 Commissioner’s final administrative decision denying his application for Social Security 20 Supplemental Security Income Disability Benefits for lack of disability. ECF No. 1. Along 21 with her Complaint, Plaintiff also filed a Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis 22 (“IFP”) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

24 A motion to proceed IFP presents two issues for the Court’s consideration. First, the 25 Court must determine whether an applicant properly shows an inability to pay the $400 26 civil filing fee required by this Court. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). To…