Gascon

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. 21

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 1 After resigning, Gascon applied to work at other Kaiser branches. Those branches 2 denied her application, however, and “informed [her] that because [she] was ‘terminated’ by 3 Kaiser San Francisco, [her] records indicate that [she is] not eligible for…