Sloan v. Cairns CA4/1

Filed 1/24/23 Sloan v. Cairns CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

JAMIE L. SLOAN, D080143

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2021- 00044690-CU-HR-CTL) NIGEL CAIRNS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Robert C. Longstreth, Judge. Affirmed. Nigel Cairns, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

I INTRODUCTION Nigel Cairns, proceeding in propria persona, appeals an order granting a request for a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) filed by Jamie Sloan, who works as a security guard at the apartment building in which

Cairns resides. Cairns presents no cogent argument warranting reversal of the CHRO. Therefore, we affirm. II BACKGROUND In October 2021, Sloan filed a request for a CHRO against Cairns, a resident in the apartment building in which Sloan works as a security guard. Sloan alleged that Cairns physically threatened him and other security guards on several occasions. He stated Cairns hurled insults at him and the other security guards, acted aggressively towards them, and challenged him to a fist fight. Additionally, he stated Cairns approached his pregnant wife at a grocery store and grabbed her by the arm, which left a red mark. Together with his request for a CHRO, Sloan filed: (1) a memorandum from Sloan to the apartment building’s property management company, which summarized Cairns’s abusive behavior; (2) a statement from the apartment building’s property manager, in which she said that Cairns “created a hostile work environment” by “harass[ing] and insult[ing]” the building employees and security guards; and (3) a statement from Sloan’s wife, in which she said that Cairns approached her at a grocery store, “put his hand on [her] arm,” and told her that Sloan and his coworkers were “pieces of shit.” After a hearing, the trial court granted a three-year CHRO against Cairns, prohibiting him from contacting or harassing Sloan or his wife. It included a 100-yard stay-away order, modified to five feet at the apartment building. The minute order for the CHRO hearing states the court heard witness testimony during the hearing. We have not received a reporter’s transcript for the hearing. Cairns appeals the CHRO.