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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMILIA C., Case No.: 23-CV-350-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of

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

17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Emilia C.’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. 18 Dkt. No. 2. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the Application. 19 A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees if 20 the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his or her assets, showing that 21 he or she is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must “state 22 the facts as to [the] affiant's poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.” 23 United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir.1981) (internal quotations omitted). 24 A party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma pauperis. Adkins v. E.I. 25 DuPont…