Hall v. Lund CA2/1

Filed 3/30/15 Hall v. Lund CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THOMAS MONTAGUE HALL, B256754

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BS147482) v.

CHRISTOPHER PAUL LUND,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Robert H. O’Brien, Judge. Reversed in part. ______ Thomas Montague Hall, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant. No appearance for Defendant and Respondent. ______

Thomas Montague Hall petitioned under Code of Civil Procedure section 527.61 for an injunction prohibiting harassment by Christopher Paul Lund. Hall alleged that Lund, in e-mail messages posted on the Internet, had threatened to kill him. Lund opposed the petition, but did not file a cross-petition seeking an injunction prohibiting harassment by Hall. Both Hall and Lund testified at an evidentiary hearing on Hall’s petition. After hearing their testimony, on April 2, 2014, the trial court issued an order with mutual injunctions protecting Hall against Lund and Lund against Hall. On April 14, 2014, the court issued restraining orders on mandatory forms. Hall timely appealed from that portion of the order granting an injunction against him. Hall contends that, because Lund did not file a cross-petition under section 527.6 seeking an injunction prohibiting harassment against him, the court lacked authority to issue such an injunction.2 We agree and thus reverse that portion of the order granting an injunction against Hall. DISCUSSION A person who has suffered harassment may file a petition for an injunction prohibiting harassment. (§ 527.6, subd. (a)(1).) The respondent, the person against whom the injunction is sought, may file a response to the harassment allegations or may file a cross-petition for injunctive relief. (§ 527.6, subd. (h).) “If the [trial court] finds [after a hearing] by clear and convincing evidence that unlawful harassment exists, an injunction shall issue prohibiting the harassment.” (§ 527.6, subd. (i).) For the trial court to grant mutual injunctions prohibiting harassment under section 527.6, the respondent must have filed a cross-petition to provide the petitioner due process. (Nora v. Kaddo (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 1026, 1029-1030 (Nora); Kobey v. Morton (1991) 228 Cal.App.3d 1055, 1060 (Kobey).) “[S]ection 527.6 calls for the formality of a cross-[petition] before the court imposes on the [petitioner] ‘what approximates a permanent injunction.’ The court’s inherent power does not extend so far