ZAJI Zajradhara has once again requested Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI to recuse herself from handling the discrimination lawsuit he filed against PC Bargain.
Zajradhara also filed an amended complaint against PC Bargain.
Zajradhara, who is representing himself, has accused Judge Manglona of misusing the “screening mechanism” to delay and deny his access to the court, “and unduly place the burden that I should be made to perfect my…case.”
He said the judge “does not place such a burden on other litigants.”
According to Zajradhara, Judge Manglona “deliberately and continues to violate” his 14th Amendment rights of due process under the U.S. Constitution, and timely access to the court.
At the same time, she allows all non-American citizens, Russians, Chinese, Filipinos, who are illegally within the borders of America to have direct access to the court, Zajradhara further alleged.
He said Judge Manglona attempts to label him as a “frivolous litigant” while “misusing the ‘screening mechanism’ in order to defend and litigate for the respondents behind the bench.”
Zajradhara reiterated his previous argument for recusal saying: “This judge makes a mockery of the Constitution, and the laws, and penalties thereof by being an advocator and activist judge for non-American citizens’ continued and ongoing violations of America’s immigration laws.”
As for his amended complaint against PC Bargain, Zajradhara asked the court for an order, among other things, awarding him damages, in the amount of $30.92 per hour of missed wages back pay and forward pay to be proven at trial.
He has accused PC bargain of violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, immigration violations, and wrongful failure to hire.
Zajradhara said PC Bargain denied him employment opportunity for not hiring him.
He applied for the positions of general manager, administrative assistant, sales representative and online marketing specialist.
Zajradhara said PC Bargain knew that he was qualified to fill the positions.
“PC Bargain was required under CNMI and U.S. law to consider available and qualified U.S. citizens before hiring non-U.S. citizens, but failed to follow this law, conducted no interview with plaintiff and then, without any explanation, gave the position to a non-U.S. citizen, even though a qualified U.S. citizen was available,” Zajradhara said.
In September 2022, Zajradhara accused Judge Manglona of judicial misconduct, and asked that she recuse herself from the lawsuits he filed in federal court.
Judge Manglona denied Zajradhara’s request but granted his request for a 30-day extension to file an amended complaint.
In September 2019, the CNMI Department of Labor-Administrative Hearing Office granted a motion for sanctions against Zajradhara over a labor complaint he filed against a restaurant for not hiring him as a waiter.
According to the hearing office, “It is an uncontroverted fact that [Zajradhara] has a history of filing many labor complaints.”
In March 2019, six House members introduced House Resolution 21-5 “to declare Zaji O. Zajradhara, formerly known as Steven Carl Farmer, a persona non-grata in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
According to the resolution, the Legislature is “cognizant of the malicious and ill-mannered actions of Zaji O. Zajradhara…in his filings of numerous labor claims against various businesses in the CNMI….”
The United States Courthouse in Gualo Rai, Saipan.
