diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/users.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/users.js
index 5fe882166..8747293c4 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/users.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/users.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Action disptacher related to users
  */
 
-export const updateUserStatus = (status, id) => (dispatch, getState) => {
-  console.log('DEBUG ', getState);
+export const updateUserStatus = (status, id) => (dispatch) => {
   dispatch({type: 'USER_STATUS_UPDATE', id, status});
 };
diff --git a/models/comment.js b/models/comment.js
index d17e98860..bf13eff82 100644
--- a/models/comment.js
+++ b/models/comment.js
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ CommentSchema.statics.moderationQueue = function(moderation) {
 //==============================================================================
 
 /**
- * Change the status of a comment.
+ * Set the status of a comment.
  * @param {String} id  identifier of the comment  (uuid)
  * @param {String} status the new status of the comment
 */
-CommentSchema.statics.changeStatus = function(id, status) {
+CommentSchema.statics.setStatus = function(id, status) {
   return Comment.findOneAndUpdate({'id': id}, {$set: {'status': status}}, {upsert: false, new: true});
 };
 
diff --git a/models/user.js b/models/user.js
index cb56a8e55..d2adf6867 100644
--- a/models/user.js
+++ b/models/user.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const uuid = require('uuid');
 const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 
+const Comment = require('./comment');
+
 // SALT_ROUNDS is the number of rounds that the bcrypt algorithm will run
 // through during the salting process.
 const SALT_ROUNDS = 10;
@@ -418,9 +420,6 @@ UserService.setStatus = (id, status) => {
     return Promise.reject(new Error(`status ${status} is not supported`));
   }
 
-  // If we are banning the user
-  //  disable their account
-
   return UserModel.update({
     id: id
   }, {
@@ -430,6 +429,24 @@ UserService.setStatus = (id, status) => {
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Ban a user.
+ * @param  {String}   id   id of a user
+ * @param  {String}   comment_id   id of the comment that the user was ban for.
+ * @param  {Function} done callback after the operation is complete
+ */
+UserService.ban = (id, comment_id) => {
+  // Disable their account
+  return  UserService.disableUser(id)
+  .then(() => {
+    // Set status of the user to banned
+    return UserService.setStatus(id, 'banned').then(() => {
+      // Reject the comment that the user was ban for.
+      return Comment.setStatus(comment_id, 'rejected');
+    });
+  });
+};
+
 /**
  * Finds a user with the id.
  * @param {String} id  user id (uuid)
diff --git a/routes/api/comments/index.js b/routes/api/comments/index.js
index 99957e987..f1f05382f 100644
--- a/routes/api/comments/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/comments/index.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ router.post('/:comment_id', (req, res, next) => {
 router.post('/:comment_id/status', (req, res, next) => {
 
   Comment
-    .changeStatus(req.params.comment_id, req.body.status)
+    .setStatus(req.params.comment_id, req.body.status)
     .then(comment => res.status(200).send(comment))
     .catch(error => next(error));
 
diff --git a/tests/models/user.js b/tests/models/user.js
index dc3c5e960..cd3b67e7c 100644
--- a/tests/models/user.js
+++ b/tests/models/user.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require('../utils/mongoose');
 
 const User = require('../../models/user');
+const Comment = require('../../models/comment');
 const expect = require('chai').expect;
 
 describe('User: models', () => {
@@ -65,9 +66,43 @@ describe('User: models', () => {
   });
 
   describe('#setStatus', () => {
+    it('should set the status to active', () => {
+      return User
+        .setStatus(mockUsers[0].id, 'active')
+        .then(() => {
+          User.findById(mockUsers[0].id)
+          .then((user) => {
+            expect(user).to.have.property('status')
+              .and.to.equal('active');
+          });
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('#ban', () => {
+    let mockComment;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      return Comment.new('testing the comment for that user if it is rejected.', mockUsers[0].id)
+      .then((comment) => {
+        mockComment = comment;
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should disable the user', () => {
+      return User
+        .ban(mockUsers[0].id, mockComment.id)
+        .then(() => {
+          User.findById(mockUsers[0].id)
+          .then((user) => {
+            expect(user).to.have.property('disabled')
+              .and.to.equal(true);
+          });
+        });
+    });
+
     it('should set the status to banned', () => {
       return User
-        .setStatus(mockUsers[0].id, 'banned')
+        .ban(mockUsers[0].id, mockComment.id)
         .then(() => {
           User.findById(mockUsers[0].id)
           .then((user) => {
@@ -76,5 +111,17 @@ describe('User: models', () => {
           });
         });
     });
+
+    it('should set the comment to rejected', () => {
+      return User
+        .ban(mockUsers[0].id, mockComment.id)
+        .then(() => {
+          Comment.findById(mockComment.id)
+          .then((comment) => {
+            expect(comment).to.have.property('status')
+              .and.to.equal('rejected');
+          });
+        });
+    });
   });
 });