Watson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Andrew WATSON, Case No.: 23-cv-1913-AGS-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v. (ECF 2) AND CLOSING CASE CITY OF SANTEE, et al., Defendants. 8 Plaintiff Andrew Watson requests to proceed without paying the filing fee. (See ECF 2.) That request is denied. Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $405.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff can proceed without paying the fees. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). An affidavit in support of an IFP application is sufficient if it alleges that “the affiant cannot pay the court costs and still afford the necessities of life.” Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015). Although plaintiffs “need not be absolutely destitute to obtain benefits of the in forma pauperis statute,” they must still “allege poverty with some…