Kijakazi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL LEE, Case No.: 23-CV-1967-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. (Doc. No. 2.) 18 The Court reviews Plaintiff’s Complaint under 28 U.S.C. section1915(e), as required when 19 a litigant files a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court finds that the Complaint 20 sufficiently states a claim for relief and that Plaintiff has sufficiently established his 21 inability to pay the initial filing fee. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the IFP motion.

I. PROCEEDING IN FORMA PAUPERIS

23 As noted, Plaintiff’s instant Motion arises under 28 U.S.C. section 1915 (“Section 24 1915”). (Doc. No. 2.) As a general matter, a party instituting any civil action, suit, or 25 proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for writ of habeas 26…