Emert

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Robert EMERT, Case No.: 24-cv-00002-AGS-AHG

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

Plaintiff, PREJUDICE MOTION TO v. PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS (ECF 5)

7 Andrea SCHUCK, et al., Defendants. 9 Plaintiff Robert Emert, suing for alleged civil-rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, moves to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons below, that motion is denied. DISCUSSION 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 need not pay those fees. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). An application for IFP status is sufficient if it indicates “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). Yet an IFP application must “allege…