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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALBERT H., Case No.: 21-cv-783-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 Albert H.’s Application to Proceed with his Complaint 18 in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 2. A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without 19 prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his 20 assets, showing he is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit 21 must “state the facts as to [the] affiant’s poverty with some particularity, definiteness and 22 certainty.” United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981). An affidavit is 23 sufficient if it shows the applicant cannot pay the fee “and still be able to provide himself 24 and dependents with the necessities of life.” Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, Unit II 25…