Trautman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN RAY T., Case No.: 20cv2257-KSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS [DOC. NO. 3.]

ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of

Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 On November 19, 2020, plaintiff Steven Ray T. commenced an action against Andrew M. Saul, the Commissioner of Social Security, seeking review of a final adverse decision of the Commissioner. [Doc. No. 1.] Plaintiff also filed an Application to Proceed with the Complaint in forma pauperis. [Doc. No. 3.] A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his or her assets, showing that he or she is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must “state the facts as to [the] affiant's poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.” United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir.1981)…