Russell

Background Joshua Russell and Laura Eytan are neighbors who disagree as to the location of the boundary between their properties. In December 2021, Russell filed a request for a civil harassment restraining order, alleging that Eytan caused him and his wife stress and loss of sleep by trespassing onto their property; directing profanity toward them; stalking them while filming them with her cell phone camera; emptying cans of spray paint onto their

1 We resolve this case by a memorandum opinion pursuant to

California Standards of Judicial Administration, section 8.1.

1 property; and constructing barricades of refuse. The trial court issued a temporary restraining order and set a date for a hearing, which eventually took place on July 15, 2022. On that date, after hearing from the parties and reviewing the documents they presented, the court issued a civil harassment restraining order against Eytan. The expiration date shown on the order is July 15, 2024. Eytan filed her opening appellate brief on June 26, 2024, less than three weeks before the order was scheduled to expire. She informed us in a footnote that Russell had served a request to renew the restraining order, which was…