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FACTS

In November 2008, Jamey F. met Swangler at an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting, and they dated until July 2009. Their relationship started well but Swangler became impatient and unpredictable in public when he and Jamey were together. On July 12, 2009, Swangler and Jamey argued about him spending the night at her house. After he left, Swangler left over a dozen messages on her cellular telephone. Swangler became angrier and angrier with each message. Jamey eventually called him, told him their relationship was over, and asked him to retrieve his personal belongings. Jamey, who was afraid, went to stay with a girlfriend in Arizona for three days. Swangler continued to leave messages for Jamey, but she did not listen to them. Swangler called her girlfriend’s home telephone number twice. Her girlfriend’s husband answered the second telephone call and told Swangler to stop calling Jamey. Jamey’s girlfriend, who was a counselor, advised her to get a restraining order. Four days later, when Jamey returned to Orange County, she obtained a restraining order and had her son, James F., serve it on Swangler. Swangler continued to

2 contact Jamey: he sent her a birthday card;…