Drevaleva

INTRODUCTION

18 In this serial employment discrimination case, our court of appeals asks whether pro se 19 plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status should continue on appeal. Because the multiplicity of suit 20 indicates abuse, plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status on appeal is REVOKED.

STATEMENT

22 This is the third lawsuit arising from the same set of facts (Dkt. No. 38). While working 23 at the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Ms. Drevaleva suddenly left for 24 Russia in May 2017, evidently to undergo in-vitro fertilization (IVF). She was terminated for 25 absence without leave in July and only returned in August. In 2018, both the Minneapolis and 26 West Los Angeles VAMC’s declined to employ Ms. Drevaleva upon learning of her 2017 27 termination. Contending she was the victim of discrimination, Ms. Drevaleva engaged in several mediation sessions with the West Los Angeles VAMC before filing a formal Equal Employment Opportunity complaint with the Office of Resolution Management, to no avail. So she filed several lawsuits. This is the third. Ms. Drevaleva received IFP status in her first case, No. C 18-03748 WHA, which a 6…