Gascon
Gascon v. Kaiser Permanente
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
INTRODUCTION
17 In this action for discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, plaintiff has filed an in 18 forma pauperis application and complaint. A separate order granted plaintiff’s application to 19 proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set forth below, this order finds the complaint does 20 not comply with 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and is therefore DISMISSED.
STATEMENT
22 Kaiser Permanente hired Karen Gascon in or around November 2012. In May 2016, 23 Rebecca Tran, a Kaiser human resources consultant, allegedly asked Gascon to resign or 24 otherwise be terminated. Gascon requested a grievance procedure, but none took place. 25 Thereafter, Tran allegedly entered into a verbal agreement with Gascon in which she agreed 26 that Gascon would have a clean record, could use Kaiser for a referral, and could “come back 27 anytime.” Because of this agreement, Gascon agreed to resign (Dkt. No. 1 at 8–10). 28 After resigning, Gascon applied to work at other Kaiser branches. Those branches denied her application, however, and “informed [her] that because [she] was ‘terminated’ by Kaiser San Francisco, [her] records indicate that [she is] not eligible for…