Alhawari

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MOHAMAD H. M. A., Case No.: 22-cv-0504-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

IN FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS

v. (ECF 2) Kilolo KIJAKAZI, Defendant. 8 Plaintiff moves to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). Plaintiff qualifies to proceed without paying the initial filing fee, and his 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 two cars worth a combined $9,500 and has $1,419 in his bank accounts. (ECF 2, at 2-3.) With his spouse, he has an average monthly income of $4,431, nearly half of which comes from government assistance. (Id. at 1-2…