diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/components/FlaggedUser.js b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/components/FlaggedUser.js
index 5f0136367..3526bcc37 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/components/FlaggedUser.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/components/FlaggedUser.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const shortReasons = {
 // Render a single user for the list
 const User = (props) => {
   const {user, modActionButtons} = props;
-  let userStatus = user.status;
 
   const showSuspenUserDialog = () => props.showSuspendUserDialog({
     userId: user.id,
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ const User = (props) => {
     username: user.username,
   });
 
-  // Do not display unless the user status is 'pending' or 'banned'.
-  // This means that they have already been reviewed and approved.
-  return (userStatus === 'PENDING' ||  userStatus === 'BANNED') &&
+  return (
     <li tabIndex={props.index} className={`mdl-card ${props.selected ? 'mdl-shadow--8dp' : 'mdl-shadow--2dp'} ${styles.listItem} ${props.isActive && !props.hideActive ? styles.activeItem : ''}`}>
       <div className={styles.container}>
         <div className={styles.itemHeader}>
@@ -111,7 +108,8 @@ const User = (props) => {
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
-    </li>;
+    </li>
+  );
 };
 
 export default User;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/containers/FlaggedAccounts.js b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/containers/FlaggedAccounts.js
index 29439e362..ad3339bd5 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/containers/FlaggedAccounts.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Community/containers/FlaggedAccounts.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const LOAD_MORE_QUERY = gql`
 export const withFlaggedAccountsyQuery = withQuery(gql`
   query TalkAdmin_FlaggedAccounts {
     ...${getDefinitionName(FlaggedUser.fragments.root)}
-    users(query:{action_type: FLAG, limit: 10}){
+    users(query:{action_type: FLAG, statuses: [PENDING], limit: 10}){
       hasNextPage
       endCursor
       nodes {
diff --git a/graph/loaders/users.js b/graph/loaders/users.js
index 3d48bafd7..8ef8bd6cf 100644
--- a/graph/loaders/users.js
+++ b/graph/loaders/users.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const DataLoader = require('dataloader');
 
 const util = require('./util');
+const union = require('lodash/union');
 
 const UsersService = require('../../services/users');
 const UserModel = require('../../models/user');
@@ -26,10 +27,15 @@ const genUserByIDs = async (context, ids) => {
  * @param  {Object} context   graph context
  * @param  {Object} query     query terms to apply to the users query
  */
-const getUsersByQuery = async ({user}, {ids, limit, cursor, statuses = null, sortOrder}) => {
+const getUsersByQuery = async ({user, loaders: {Actions}}, {ids, limit, cursor, statuses, action_type, sortOrder}) => {
 
   let query = UserModel.find();
 
+  if (action_type) {
+    const userIds = await Actions.getByTypes({action_type, item_type: 'USERS'});
+    ids = ids ? union(ids, userIds) : userIds;
+  }
+
   if (ids) {
     query = query.find({
       id: {
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ const getUsersByQuery = async ({user}, {ids, limit, cursor, statuses = null, sor
     });
   }
 
-  if (statuses != null) {
+  if (statuses) {
     query = query.where({
       status: {
         $in: statuses
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
index 1e34e8ecd..239b052c0 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
@@ -92,17 +92,11 @@ const RootQuery = {
 
   // This endpoint is used for loading the user moderation queues (users whose username has been flagged),
   // so hide it in the event that we aren't an admin.
-  async users(_, {query}, {user, loaders: {Users, Actions}}) {
+  async users(_, {query}, {user, loaders: {Users}}) {
     if (user == null || !user.can(SEARCH_OTHER_USERS)) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const {action_type} = query;
-    if (action_type) {
-      query.ids = await Actions.getByTypes({action_type, item_type: 'USERS'});
-      query.statuses = ['PENDING'];
-    }
-
     return Users.getByQuery(query);
   }
 };
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.graphql b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
index 5bebb7e76..79b0f59c0 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.graphql
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ type UserConnection {
 input UsersQuery {
   action_type: ACTION_TYPE
 
+  # Current status of a user. Requires the `ADMIN` role.
+  statuses: [USER_STATUS!]
+
   # Limit the number of results to be returned.
   limit: Int = 10