Salas

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In June 2020, plaintiff Tamara Salas filed a petition for a civil harassment restraining order (Code Civ. Proc., § 527.6) against defendant Quinn for harassing conduct alleged to have occurred over several months beginning in March 2020. Salas alleged that she was harassed because Quinn believed Salas had an extramarital affair with Quinn’s then-boyfriend.

1 The court held a contested evidentiary hearing on the restraining order on July 20, 2020. At the conclusion of the hearing, the trial court granted the petition and issued a restraining order using Judicial Council form CH-130. Quinn appealed from the order.

DISCUSSION

As a rule, an appeal becomes moot when the occurrence of an event makes it impossible for the appellate court to grant any effective relief. (Newsom v. Superior Court (2021) 63 Cal.App.5th 1099, 1109; Lincoln Place Tenants Assn. v. City of Los Angeles (2007) 155 Cal.App.4th 425, 454.) “If relief granted by the trial court is temporal, and if the relief granted expires before an appeal can be heard, then an appeal by the adverse party is moot. [Citation.]” (Environmental Charter High School v. Centinela Valley Union High School…