Coelho

BACKGROUND

26 In August 2023, self-represented plaintiff Kelley Marie Coelho, a U.S. Army Sergeant, filed 27 separate requests for “civil harassment” restraining orders in Alameda County Superior Court 1 against two of her superior officers, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Marisol Chalas and Captain 2 Joseph Timothy Roberts. Coelho v. Chalas, Case No. 23CV040550 (Alameda Sup. Ct.) & Coelho 3 v. Roberts, Case No. 23CV040551 (Alameda Sup. Ct.). In both requests, Coelho sought stay-away 4 orders at, among other places, her “job or workplace,” and personal conduct orders prohibiting 5 Chalas and Roberts from contacting Coelho “either directly or indirectly, in any way, including, but 6 not limited to, in person, by telephone, in writing, by public or private mail, by interoffice mail, by 7 email, by text message, by fax, or by other electronic means.” Case No. 23-4525 Dkt. No. 1-1 at 8 21; Case No. 23-4527, Dkt. No. 1-1 at 14. Coelho also seeks stay-away orders from other locations, 9 such as her home and her children’s schools. Id. Coelho alleges that Chalas and Roberts have 10 abused their authority, harassed and bullied her, and ruined her military career.…