Urteaga

I.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Oscar Urteaga, appearing in propria persona, appeals from the trial court’s issuance of a five-year domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) protecting respondent Melanie Darling,1 as well as her husband and children, from him. Although Urteaga’s opening brief2 is not a model of clarity, we discern that Urteaga is displeased with the court’s issuance of the DVRO against him, and its denial of his request for a DVRO against Darling. Urteaga contends that the trial court erred in (1) granting the domestic violence restraining order “without making requisite findings” as required under the Domestic Violence Protection Act; (2) considering “a related pending criminal matter involving the parties,” which, Urteaga maintains, “unfairly influenced and resulted in the expression of a bias and lack of impartiality” on the part of the court; (3) issuing a five year restraining order against him, which, according to Urteaga, is “grossly excessive, manifestly disproportionate, [and] unsupported by the evidence”; and (4) making certain interlocutory rulings. Urteaga also asks this court “to order urgent disposition of this case” and to “grant[ ] immediate relief by…