diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/moderation/destroy.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/moderation/destroy.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..728b36f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/moderation/destroy.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+$(document).on "click", "button[name=mod-delete-report]", ->
+  if confirm 'Are you sure?'
+    btn = $(this)
+    id = btn[0].dataset.id
+    $.ajax
+      url: '/ajax/mod/destroy_report'
+      type: 'POST'
+      data:
+        id: id
+      success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->
+        if data.success
+          $("div.moderationbox[data-id=#{id}]").slideUp()
+        showNotification data.message, data.success
+      error: (jqxhr, status, error) ->
+        console.log jqxhr, status, error
+        showNotification "An error occurred, a developer should check the console for details", false
+      complete: (jqxhr, status) ->
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diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax/moderation_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax/moderation_controller.rb
index 94496a8c..d4516d33 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ajax/moderation_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax/moderation_controller.rb
@@ -40,4 +40,24 @@ class Ajax::ModerationController < ApplicationController
     @message = "Successfully removed vote from report."
     @success = true
   end
+
+  def destroy_report
+    params.require :id
+
+    report = Report.find(params[:id])
+
+    begin
+      report.deleted = true
+      report.save
+    rescue
+      @status = :fail
+      @message = "Something bad happened!"
+      @success = false
+      return
+    end
+
+    @status = :okay
+    @message = "WHERE DID IT GO??? OH NO!!!"
+    @success = true
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/ajax/moderation/destroy_report.json.jbuilder b/app/views/ajax/moderation/destroy_report.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c193af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/ajax/moderation/destroy_report.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json.partial! 'ajax/shared/status'
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diff --git a/app/views/moderation/_moderationbox.html.haml b/app/views/moderation/_moderationbox.html.haml
index caa66757..6764eedb 100644
--- a/app/views/moderation/_moderationbox.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/moderation/_moderationbox.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.panel.panel-default.moderationbox
+.panel.panel-default.moderationbox{data: { id: report.id }}
   .panel-heading
     %img.img-rounded.answerbox--img{src: gravatar_url(report.user)}
     = user_screen_name report.user
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
         %span.mod-count{id: "mod-count-#{report.id}"}
           = report.votes
         .btn-group
-          %button.btn.btn-success.btn-sm{name: "mod-vote", disabled: current_user.report_x_voted?(report, true) ? 'disabled' : nil, data: { id: report.id, action: current_user.report_voted?(report) ? 'unvote' : 'vote', vote_type: 'upvote' }}
+          %button.btn.btn-success.btn-sm{type: :button, name: "mod-vote", disabled: current_user.report_x_voted?(report, true) ? 'disabled' : nil, data: { id: report.id, action: current_user.report_voted?(report) ? 'unvote' : 'vote', vote_type: 'upvote' }}
             %i.fa.fa-thumbs-up
-          %button.btn.btn-danger.btn-sm{name: "mod-vote", disabled: current_user.report_x_voted?(report, false) ? 'disabled' : nil, data: { id: report.id, action: current_user.report_voted?(report) ? 'unvote' : 'vote', vote_type: 'downvote' }}
+          %button.btn.btn-danger.btn-sm{type: :button, name: "mod-vote", disabled: current_user.report_x_voted?(report, false) ? 'disabled' : nil, data: { id: report.id, action: current_user.report_voted?(report) ? 'unvote' : 'vote', vote_type: 'downvote' }}
             %i.fa.fa-thumbs-down
-        %button.btn.btn-primary.btn-sm
+        %button.btn.btn-primary.btn-sm{type: :button}
           %i.fa.fa-comments
           %span 0
-        %button.btn.btn-default.btn-sm
+        %button.btn.btn-default.btn-sm{type: :button, name: "mod-delete-report", data: { id: report.id }}
           %i.fa.fa-trash-o
   .panel-footer
     = render 'moderation/discussion', report: report
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diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 1fd6908e..946fb125 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     namespace :ajax do
       match '/mod/create_comment', to: 'moderation#comment', via: :post, as: :mod_comment
       match '/mod/destroy_comment', to: 'moderation#destroy_comment', via: :post, as: :mod_destroy_comment
+      match '/mod/destroy_report', to: 'moderation#destroy_report', via: :post, as: :mod_destroy_report
       match '/mod/create_vote', to: 'moderation#vote', via: :post, as: :mod_vote
       match '/mod/destroy_vote', to: 'moderation#destroy_vote', via: :post, as: :mod_destroy_vote
     end