Jeffries v. Jadallah CA2/8

Filed 5/2/25 Jeffries v. Jadallah CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

CHAIYA JEFFRIES, B334232

Respondent and Appellant, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 23TRRO00860 v.

HAYA JADALLAH,

Petitioner and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Alfred A. Coletta, Judge. Affirmed. Kings Justice Law and Stephen A. King for Respondent and Appellant. No appearance for Petitioner and Respondent. ____________________

Chaiya Jeffries appeals the trial court’s order granting the request for a civil harassment order Haya Jadallah filed against

her. We affirm. Statutory citations are to the Code of Civil Procedure. The events leading to this appeal began around 11:30 p.m. at a Santa Monica bar in September 2023. Jeffries and Jadallah, who know each other from the same sorority house and attend school together, accidentally bumped into each other. When Jadallah turned around to apologize, Jeffries slapped Jadallah’s phone and drink out of her hand and walked away. About ten minutes later, Jadallah went to the bar to get another drink and noticed Jeffries. Jeffries had been to Jadallah’s house before and they had mutual friends, so Jadallah did not want to be on bad terms with her. Jadallah again tried to apologize to Jeffries for the bump, and Jeffries responded by rolling her eyes and sticking out her tongue. When Jadallah asked Jeffries why she had an issue with her, Jeffries punched her in the face twice. Jadallah fell backwards and attempted to leave, but Jeffries grabbed her arm and yelled that she was not done with Jadallah yet. Someone pulled Jeffries off Jadallah. As Jadallah was trying to leave with her friend Charlotte Glen, the people who worked at the bar approached her, asking why she was crying and why her lip was bleeding. Jadallah, fearing retaliation from Jeffries, was hesitant to tell the bar employees who had attacked her. However, Glen showed the employees a photo of Jeffries. The employees then removed Jeffries from the bar. The following weekend, Jadallah saw Jeffries, and Jeffries “got in [Jadallah’s] face with her middle finger” and yelled that she was sorry, but in a mocking tone. A few days later, Jadallah filed a request for a civil harassment restraining order against Jeffries. In her request,