Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRES RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, Case No.: 21-CV-1558 TWR (DEB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS,

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER

AND (2) DENYING WITHOUT

PROTECTION,

PREJUDICE MOTION FOR Defendant. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

(ECF Nos. 2, 3)

18 Presently before the Court are Plaintiff Andres Rodriguez Gonzalez’s Motions to 19 Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (“IFP Mot.,” ECF No. 2) and for Appointment of 20 Counsel (“Counsel Mot.,” ECF No. 3). For the reasons explained below, the Court 21 DENIES WITHOUT PREJUDICE both Motions.

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

23 Plaintiff requests leave to proceed IFP, claiming that his “monthly expenses absorb 24 all [his] money” and that he “recently had a bout of illness and cannot afford [his] 25 medical/dental care and to pay attorney fees.” (See IFP Mot. at 5.) A motion to proceed 26 IFP must …