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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

COREY BARKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Officially as 

Acting Commissioner of the Social 

Security Administration, 

 Defendant.

Case No.: 3:18-cv-01624-LAB-KSC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S 

MOTION TO PROCEED IN 

DISTRICT COURT WITHOUT 

PREPAYING FEES OR COSTS

[Doc. No. 2]

Plaintiff recently filed a Complaint alleging that defendant Social Security 

Administration erred in denying him Social Security Supplemental Security Income. [Doc. 

No. 1, at p 1.] Along with his Complaint, plaintiff filed a form and affidavit entitled 

“Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs” indicating he 

is entitled to proceed in the action in forma pauperis. [Doc. No. 2.] 

A court may authorize the commencement of a suit without prepayment of fees if 

the plaintiff submits an affidavit, including a statement of all his or her assets, showing that 

he or she is unable to pay the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The affidavit must “state 

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the facts as to [the] affiant's poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty.” 

United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir.1981) (internal quotations omitted). 

A party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma pauperis. Adkins v. 

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339–340 (1948). An affidavit is sufficient 

if it shows that the applicant cannot pay the fee “and still be able to provide himself [or 

herself] and dependents with the necessities of life.” Id. (internal quotations omitted).

Here, plaintiff’s Motion indicates his only income is $192 in public assistance. [Doc. 

No. 2, at p. 2]. The affidavit also indicates that plaintiff is not employed, lives with a family 

member, and has no savings of any kind. [Id.]. Therefore, the Court finds that plaintiff has 

submitted an affidavit which sufficiently shows that he lacks the financial resources to pay 

his filing fee. Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT plaintiff’s Application to Proceed with his 

Complaint in forma pauperis is GRANTED. [Doc. No. 2.]

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 24, 2018

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