Morris

I. BACKGROUND

While not entirely clear from the record or defendant’s brief, as far as we can discern, some sort of dispute involving a dog arose between Morris, her parents, and defendant while Morris and defendant both attended bible college at Christian Life

1 college. Defendant wrote a letter, which he characterized as an apology for the dog matter, and asked Morris to convey the message to her parents. Sometime in 2019, Morris filed for a civil harassment restraining order against defendant pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6 in case No. STKCVUCH20190012714; Morris apparently attached a letter that defendant had written her as an exhibit to the request.1 Although defendant’s response is included in the record, Morris’s initial restraining order request and any attachments are not. After a hearing on October 10, 2019, before judicial officer Jayne Lee,2 in which both Morris and defendant testified, Lee granted Morris a one-year restraining order against defendant. Defendant was prohibited from “[h]arass[ing], intimidat[ing], molest[ing], attack[ing], strik[ing], stalk[ing], threaten[ing], assault[ing] (sexually or otherwise), hit[ting], abus[ing], destroy[ing]…