Guerrero

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Ashely Mendez GUERRERO, Case No.: 23-cv-1518-AGS-DEB Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

v.

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

SDPD CARMEL VALLEY, (ECF 3) AND DENYING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

Defendant.

APPOINT COUNSEL (ECF 2)

8 Plaintiff Ashely Mendez Guerrero moves to proceed without paying the filing fee and for appointed counsel. Guerrero qualifies to proceed without paying the fee, and her complaint states a claim as to at least one cause of action. So, the Court grants Guerrero’s motion to waive the filing fee but, because there is no right to appointed counsel in civil cases, denies her motion for counsel. MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $402.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff can proceed without paying the fee. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169…