Kelly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOLORES KELLY, Case No.: 23-CV-627-CAB-KSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

JEFF BEZOS, [Doc. No. 2] AND DENYING AS Defendant. MOOT MOTION FOR COUNSEL [Doc. No. 3] 16 17 On April 6, 2023, Plaintiff Dolores Kelly filed a complaint [Doc. No. 1], along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) [Doc. No. 2] and a motion to appoint counsel [Doc. No. 3]. For the following reasons, plaintiff’s IFP application and motion to appoint counsel are DENIED. Generally, all parties instituting a civil action in this court must pay a filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); CivLR 4.5(a). But the court may authorize a party to proceed without paying the fee if that party submits an affidavit demonstrating an inability to pay. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). “An affidavit in support of an IFP application is sufficient where it alleges that the…