Inoke Eteaki v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
INOKE ETEAKI,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner
of Social Security,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 21-16208
D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00644-DWL
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Dominic Lanza, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 12, 2022**
Before: SCHROEDER, R. NELSON, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.
Inoke Eteaki appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying
Eteaki’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in his action against the
acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration. We have jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of leave
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
JUL 20 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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to proceed IFP. Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015). We
affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Eteaki’s IFP
application because Eteaki failed to make a sufficient showing of indigency. See
id. (“[A] plaintiff seeking IFP status must allege poverty with some particularity,
definiteness and certainty.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted) ).
Eteaki’s motion for certified records (Docket Entry No. 16) and motion for
status (Docket Entry No. 18) are denied as moot.
AFFIRMED.

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