REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

G. R. SMITH, Magistrate Judge.

Represented by counsel, plaintiff Rebecca McBride seeks judicial review of her Social Security Disability claim. Doc. 1. She also moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Doc. 2. While a plaintiff need not be absolutely destitute in order to proceed IFP, Adkins v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours, 335 U.S. 331, 339 (1948), the fact that financing her own litigation may cause some difficulty is not sufficient to relieve her of the obligation to pay her own way where it is possible to do so without undue hardship. Id. at 339-40.

On her IFP application, McBride claims $2,400 in monthly income. Doc. 2 at 1. She has $780 in her checking account, drives a car worth $2,000, and reports that a Stan Porter owes her $25,000. Id. at 2-3. Her expenses total $2,273 per month. Id. at 5.

Although not wealthy, McBride falls well beyond what qualifies as indigency. Williams v. Oklahoma, 2016 WL 4069819 at * 1 (10th Cir. July 29, 2016) (plaintiff had "sufficient income to pay the fees to file his complaint"); Brewer v. City of Overland Park Police Department, 24 F. App'x 977, 979 (10th Cir. 2002) (IFP denied because plaintiff's income exceeded expenses "by a few hundred dollars"); Mullins v. Barnhart, 2010 WL 1643581 at * 1 (D. Kan. Mar, 30, 2010) (denying, after scrutinizing IFP affidavit's financial data, leave to proceed IFP on financial ability grounds; plaintiff's income exceeded monthly expenses by $300 and she had nearly $700 in checking). Covering the costs of a filing fee may impose some hardship on her, but it certainly won't be undue. Adkins, 335 U.S. at 339. Her IFP motion should be DENIED.1 Doc. 2.

SO REPORTED AND RECOMMENDED.