Cortina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AL RUBEN CORTINA, Case No.: 22-cv-1669 W (AHG)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IFP [DOC. 2] KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security 15 Administration, 16 Defendant. 17 18 On October 26, 2022, Plaintiff Al Ruben Cortina (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint seeking review of the denial of his claim for supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act. Along with the complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) (the “Motion” [Doc. 2]). 23 I. INTRODUCTION The determination of indigency falls within the district court’s discretion. California Men’s Colony v. Rowland, 939 F.2d 854, 858 (9th Cir. 1991), reversed on other grounds, 506 U.S. 194 (1993) (“Section 1915 typically requires the reviewing court 28 to exercise its sound discretion in determining whether the affiant has satisfied the statute’s requirement of indigency.”). It is…