Trautman
Trautman v. O' Malley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN R.T., Case No.: 24-cv-74-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS [DOC. NO. 3]
MARTIN O’MALLEY Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Doc. No. 3. A court may 18 authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits 19 an affidavit, including a statement of plaintiff’s assets, showing plaintiff is unable to pay 20 the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must “state the facts as to [the] 21 affiant's poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.” United States v. 22 McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir.1981) (internal quotations omitted). 23 A party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma pauperis. Adkins v. 24 E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339–340 (1948). An affidavit is sufficient 25 if it shows that the applicant cannot pay the fee “and still be…