Wiggins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LUCIE WIGGINS, Case No.: 21-CV-2079 JLS (MDD)

Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; (2) DENYING REQUEST FOR OFFICE OF WORKERS

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL;

COMPENSATION PROGRAMS;

AND (3) GRANTING MOTION TO

SECRETARY OF FEDERAL

AMEND COMPLAINT

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ACT;

and EMPLOYEES, 16 (ECF Nos. 2, 3, 8) Defendants. 17

Presently before the Court are Plaintiff Lucie Wiggins’s Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (“IFP Mot.,” ECF No. 2), Request for Appointment of Counsel (“Req. for Counsel,” ECF No. 3), and Amended Complaint, which the Court, in its discretion, construes as a motion to amend her Complaint (“Mot. to Amend,” ECF No. 8). For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s IFP Motion and Request for Counsel WITHOUT PREJUDICE and GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend. MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS I. …