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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BOZORGMEHR S., Case No.: 22-cv-1946-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN DISTRICT

COURT WITHOUT PREPARYING

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of

FEES OR COST

Social Security, 15 Defendant. DKT. NO. 2

17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Bozorgmehr S.’s Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (“Application”). Dkt. No. 2. A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all assets, showing inability to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must “state the facts as to [the] affiant’s poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.” United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981). An affidavit is sufficient if it shows the applicant cannot pay the fee “and still be able to provide [applicant] and dependents with the necessities…