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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY P., Case No.: 22-cv-0113-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting

Commissioner of Social Security, [DKT. NO. 2] Defendant.

17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Billy P.’s Application to Proceed with his Complaint in 18 forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 2. For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the 19 Application. 20 All parties instituting a civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 21 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a $400 filing fee. 22 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without 23 prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his 24 assets, showing he is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit 25 must “state the facts as to [the] affiant’s poverty with some…