Sun
Sun v. Sanders CA4/3
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
I.
THE PARTIES’ REQUESTS FOR RESTRAINING ORDERS
In October 2022, Sun filed a request for a CHRO against Sanders. A few weeks later, Sanders filed a request for a CHRO against Sun. Neither filing is included in our record on appeal.
II.
THE NOVEMBER 2022 HEARING
In November 2022, the court commenced a hearing on both parties’ requests. At the outset, the court noted the parties filed prior requests for CHROs in July 2022, which a commissioner had denied.1 The
1 Although the court initially said both parties filed requests for CHROs in July 2022, the court later said Sanders had filed a CHRO while Sun requested a domestic violence restraining order.
2 parties confirmed their current requests concerned conduct occurring after July 2022. Sun then testified Sanders, a tenant who lived with her in her home, attacked her in August 2022. Sun explained: “I let my dog out . . . to urinate, and as I was going back up the stairs trying to avoid any further 2 conflict, she jumped one or two steps in front of me and started arguing with me and pulled out her camera. And then I followed my dog into her room, and then she got hysterical and started yelling, ‘Get out of my room. Get…