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 conflict,2 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…