Cortez
Cortez v. Conley CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
I.
INTRODUCTION
Sheryl Conley appeals the trial court’s three-year civil harassment restraining
order that her neighbor, Jose Cortez, obtained against her. We affirm.
II.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On May 17, 2021, Cortez filed a request for a civil harassment restraining order
against Conley, a neighbor who has to pass through his property to get to her house. In
his application, Cortez explained that Conley has a restraining order against his wife that
allows Conley to pass through his property in order to go to and from her property.
Cortez stated in his application that Conley and her tenants had been harassing
him and his family for nearly six months. At some undisclosed time, a large man
brandished his gun to Cortez from inside Conley’s property. Cortez’s dogs have been
shot and limp because of Conley’s “illegal activities.” Conley also screams “foul stuff”
at Cortez and his family and “bring[s] out her thugs to threaten [him].” The most recent
harassment occurred about a week before Cortez filed his request. He claimed that while
he “was filming,” Conley told him that her “son is a cop and he will find you.” Cortez
“[n]ow live[s] in constant fear…