Baker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TONI B., Case No.: 21-cv-0961-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

IN FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS

v. (ECF 3) Andrew M. SAUL, Defendant. 8 Plaintiff moves to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). Plaintiff qualifies to proceed without paying the initial filing fee, and her complaint states a claim for relief. So, the Court grants plaintiff’s motion. Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay a filing fee of $402. 1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff can proceed without paying the fee. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Here, plaintiff owns one asset—the bus in which she lives—valued at $1700 and has only $950 cash on hand. She receives $1800 a month in unemployment and approximately $200 over the last year from overdue child support payments (ECF 3, at…