Stahl

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAUREN S., Case No.: 23-cv-370-MMA (DEB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social Security, [Doc. No. 3] 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 19 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Lauren S.’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Doc. No. 3. For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Application. A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his or her 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) (internal quotations omitted). A party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma pauperis. Adkins ||v.…