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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:0405id Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE RAUL JAQUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No.: 3:18-cv-00536-GPC-BGS

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

[ECF No. 3]

Plaintiff, Jose Raul Jaquez, with counsel, has filed a complaint requesting judicial 

review of the Commissioner’s decision denying Plaintiff’s claims for disability insurance 

benefits and supplemental security income under Title II & XVI of the Social Security 

Act. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff did not prepay the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1914(a) at the time of the filing, but instead filed a Motion to Proceed in Forma 

Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 3.) For the following reasons, 

the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to proceed IFP. 

All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 

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United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 

$400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 

prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. 

Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). A court may authorize the commencement of 

a suit without prepayment of fees if the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a 

statement of all of his or her assets, showing that he or she is unable to pay the fees. See

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Such an affidavit must include a complete statement of the 

plaintiff’s assets. See id.

Here, Plaintiff submitted a declaration reporting that he is not presently employed 

and that he has not worked since 2013. (ECF No. 3 at 2.) His monthly income consists 

solely of an average of $192.00 in food stamps. (Id. at 1–2.) He has no cash, holds no 

money in a bank account, and owns no assets. (Id. at 2–3.) Plaintiff indicates that his 

father supports him financially. (Id. at 4.) Plaintiff does not expect any major changes 

to his monthly income or expenses, or in his assets or liabilities, during the next year. 

(Id. at 5.) He indicates that he will pay his attorney on a contingency fee basis or by 

obtaining statutory attorney fees. (Id.)

Because Plaintiff lacks any assets or income, he has sufficiently demonstrated that 

he is unable to pay the required filing fee and that he meets the requirements to proceed 

IFP. Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis is therefore GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2018

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