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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

CECILIA KARIN MCMANIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No.: 18cv2362-WQH-MDD

ORDER

HAYES, Judge:

The matter before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF 

No. 2.)

On October 12, 2018, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a Complaint for Review 

of Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (ECF No. 1) and the motion to 

proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2).

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

United States, other than a petition for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 

$400.00. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); S.D. Cal. Civ. R. 4.5. An action may proceed despite 

a party’s failure to pay only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 

1999). Proceeding in forma pauperis “is a privilege, not a right.” Sonnier v. L.A. Cty. Dist. 

Attorney’s Office, 33 F. App’x 252, 253 (9th Cir. 2002).

In Plaintiff’s accompanying affidavit, Plaintiff states that she is not employed and 

that she receives food stamps and a housing voucher. Plaintiff states that she receives, on 

average, $400.00 per month for child support and that she has one minor child. Plaintiff 

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states that she has $30.87 in her checking account and $54.30 in her savings account. 

Plaintiff states that she has no cash or other assets. 

After considering Plaintiff’s motion and the accompanying affidavit, the Court 

concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s 

motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis 

(ECF No. 2) is GRANTED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all matters arising in this social security case are 

referred to the Honorable Mitchell D. Dembin, United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and S.D. Cal. Civ. R. 72.1(c).

Dated: October 22, 2018

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