White
White v. Pixley CA3
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
Given our conclusion that Pixley may not file a second appeal challenging the civil harassment restraining order, we limit our discussion to the relevant procedural background and do not discuss the underlying facts.
1 In early 2023, Doreen Faith White filed a request for a civil harassment restraining order against Pixley. A hearing on the request was held on February 6, 2023. White and Pixley both appeared in propria persona and both testified. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court found Pixley had committed civil harassment. That same day (i.e., February 6, 2023), the court issued a written civil harassment restraining order against Pixley; the order expired on February 6, 2024. On March 2, 2023, Pixley filed a timely notice of appeal of the civil harassment restraining order, and the appeal was docketed in this court as case No. C098063. We refer to this as the first appeal, and we take judicial notice of it. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d) [judicial notice may be taken of “[r]ecords of . . . any court of this state”].) We note a civil harassment restraining order “is appealable as an appeal from an order granting an injunction.” (R.D. v. P.M. (2011) 202…