Jones

I. BACKGROUND

20 On May 3, 2021, Plaintiff Christopher Jones, proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint 21 against Defendants County of San Diego, Thomas Kelley, City of El Cajon, and the 22 Alternative Public Defender’s Office1 (ECF No. 1), a Motion for Leave to Proceed In 23 Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (ECF No. 2), and a Motion to Appoint Counsel (ECF No. 3). 24

26 1 Defendants Thomas Kelley, City of El Cajon, and the Alternative Public Defender’s Office are not named in the caption of the Complaint in violation of Rule 10(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a) (“Caption; Names of Parties . . . .[T]he title of the complaint must name all the 28 II. MOTION TO PROCEED IFP All parties instituting a civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the United States, other than a petition for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $402.00.2 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); CivLR 4.5. An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to pay only if the party is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). “To proceed in forma pauperis is a…