Oviedo-Lopez
Oviedo-Lopez v. Kijakazi
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIBEL OVIEDO-LOPEZ, Case No.: 23-CV-2029-SBC
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, 15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff files for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on the Complaint (“IFP Motion” 18 or “Motion”). (Doc. No. 2.) The Court reviews Plaintiff’s Complaint under 28 U.S.C. 19 section 1915(e), as required when a litigant files a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 20 The Court finds that the Complaint sufficiently states a claim for relief and that Plaintiff 21 has sufficiently established her inability to pay the initial filing fee. Accordingly, the Court 22 GRANTS the IFP motion.
I. PROCEEDING IN FORMA PAUPERIS
24 As noted, Plaintiff’s instant Motion arises under 28 U.S.C. section 1915 (“Section 25 1915”). (Doc. No. 2.) As a general matter, a party instituting any civil action, suit, or 26 proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an…