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I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Plaintiff’s Request for a Civil Harassment Restraining Order Plaintiff filed an initial request for a civil harassment restraining order.2 Two weeks later, plaintiff filed an amended request for a civil harassment restraining order. He signed the amended request under penalty of perjury. (See Judicial Council Form CH-100.)3 Plaintiff stated that defendant harassed him on multiple occasions. Plaintiff believed that the harassment stemmed from defendant wanting a refund for a purchase that defendant had made at plaintiff’s store. According to plaintiff, defendant thereafter came to the store in September 2023, “stormed” into plaintiff’s office and blocked his exit. Defendant also blocked the store entrance and verbally harassed customers and employees. According to plaintiff, he “issued a full refund to [defendant] through Venmo” in October 2023. However, on August 10, 2024, defendant and five others came to plaintiff’s store. Defendant forcibly entered plaintiff’s office, engaged in verbal harassment, and obstructed customers from entering the store. Defendant and the others refused to leave until police arrived.

2 Plaintiff’s initial…