SUPREME J UDI CI AL COURT

FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MA SSACHU SETTS

DIRECT APPELLATE REVI EW No .

CHELSEA VAN VALKE RBURG ,

App e l l e e -Pl a i n tiff
vs .
ERON GJONI
Ap p e l l a n t - De fend a n t
MASSAC HU SETTS APPEALS COU RT
NO. 2 0 1 5 - P- 0 5 4 0
DEFENDANT'S APPLICATION FOR DIRECT APPELLATE
REVIEW AND ADDENDUM FROM THE DORCHESTER
DIVISION OF THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT

J e f frey G. Ha r ris
GOOD SCHNEI DER CORM IE R
83 At l antic Ave .
Bos ton , MA 02 110
617 52 3 5933
j h @g s cb o s t o n . c om
Co un s e l f or Mr . Gj on i

June 2 0 15

INTRODUCTION

With

th e

c ommunica t io n ,
Commonweal th
invo lv ing
Whi l e

Cou r ts
are

the

ci vi l

regul a t e

are

restr a in e d

a rou nd

t he

inc reasi ngly

and

c i rcumstanc es ,

us e

c rimin a l
speec h

in ternet

cou nt ry

of

s ta tu t es

under

of

conf ronted

con stitut ionali ty

on li n e

s p eech

ac c el era t ed

an d

wi t h

on l ine
a l lo w

ce rt a i n

t hi s
issue s

s pee c h .

c our t s

to

na rr owly-defined

b roa d a n d ill - c o n sidere d in j unctions on

i n t olera b l e

p arti es '

when

t he y

fr e e -spe e ch

v io la t e

ri g h t s ,

t he

es p e c ia ll y

wh e r e the p u b l i c de bate i s s t i f l e d .
Such an in to l e ra b le pri or rest r a int wa s i s s u ed in
th i s

case

a nd

de fe nda n t ' s
behal f
on

to

pr o tected
iss u e s

e ndorsed

by

cas e

inte r e s t

it

ri g h t

own d efense .

speech ,
of

publ ic

th is

Court .

r epresents
be c au s e " i t

i nfringes
to

Fi r s t
an

upon

the

hi s

o wn

speak o n

Su c h a p r i or re s tra int

espe ci a lly

na t i o n al ly-re c o gn i ze d
this

day

const i tutiona l

and i n h i s

concer ns

thi s

where

impo r ta nce ,
As

i s s ue

shou ld

Eu g e ne

Ame ndme nt
of

the

sp e e c h
not

be

Volokh ,

e xpe r t ,

no t e s ,

"great

p ubl ic

d e a ls with a kin d of cont r o vers y

t h at ha s be e n arisi n g r e pe a tedly in r ece n t

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yea rs ,

and

i s su re t o ar i s e a ga in . " 1

I.

REQUEST FOR DIRECT APPELLATE REVIEW

This

c ase

concer ns

an

abu s e

issued by t he District Court

t he

de fen d an t

"n o t

to

pr e v e n t i o n

(Geo rg es ,

post

any

ordering

J .) ,

further

order

information

about the Plaintiff or her personal life online or to

encourage

' h a t e mobs'",

th a t

pr e s ent ed
la n g u a g e

at ,

or

t he

where t he re was n o evidenc e

had

def e n dan t

d i rected

so l icited a n y vi olence

an y

to wards ,

t he

p lain t if f .
Th i s
Pa r a g r ap h

pr o v i s i o n,

14

un c o nst it u t i o n a l
b r oa d

f i ndi ng o f
Cou r t

t he

209A

t he

Court

o n to

o r de r ,

was

an

prior res t ra i nt be caus e it i mpo s e d a

on

because

prior r e s trai n t

the

of

r es tri cti on

Amendmen t ;

h an d-w r i t t en by

speech

the

p rot ec t e d

Court

by

over looked

t he
the

Fi r s t
law

of

and imposed t h e res tr i c ti o n absent a

compe lling sta t e

imposed

the

int erest ;

restric t ion

and because

pr i or

to

any

See Ex h . A, Le t t e r i n Suppo r t o f Di rec t Appellat e

Rev iew , f i le d by UCLA Law Pr ofess o r Eug ene Volo kh and
Lo yol a La w Sc h o ol Pr o f e s s or Aar on Capl a n , p r o sp e c ti v e
amicus c uriae i n th i s ca se , a t p . 1 , to b e filed b y
Prof e s so r Vo l okh u n de r s e pa rate c ove r .
2 Se e Add . 3 8 - 3 9 ( "2 0 9A Orde r ") .
I

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determ inat ion about whet he r the s peech was protec ted .
Be yo nd t he f re e - speech conce rn s ,
v i ol a t e d

the

s ev e r a l

de fe nda n t 's

ways .

Fi r st ,

due

the

t he Cou rt also

pr o c e s s

Court

rights

us ed

t he

s t an d a rd und er c .2 09 A to ex t end t h e o r der .

Counse l

f or the defe n d a n t

examin in g

t he

was prec luded from c ross -

pla intiff

in ste ad

told

[a rgumen t ]

to

Fir s t
by

dur in g

Amendme n t
the

yo u r

wr o n g

Moreo v er ,

the

he aring ,

p resenting ev idence o n t he Fi rst Amen dme n t

e v en makin g a

in

argum ent .

Court ,

appell at e

"I 'll
rights .

cla i m,

Couns e l
l e a ve

I ' ve

or
was

that

ma d e

my

dec is ion . ,, 3

Th i s o rder went far beyond t h e s t a t u t o r y p u rp o s e

c .209A .

of

It co nti nu es to day to se r v e as a br o a d

g a g o rder on the d efe n d a nt 's fr e e spe e ch ,

him

fr om

me d i a ,

exp l ai ni ng

or

d ef ending

h im self

to

th e

to h is p e e r s , or t o his commu ni ty for fear of

c r iminal
re q u e s t s

pros ecut ion .

t h at

t hi s

The

Cou rt

def e n dant

e xpedit io usly

c a s e o n Di rect Appellat e Review .

p reclud ing

Ad d . 29 .

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t he r e fore
addre s s

his

II .

STATEMENT OF PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Che l s e a
wel l -k nown

Van
and

Valkerburg ,

co nt ro ver sia l

t he

pl ain t if f ,

v i deo

game

is

d e si gner .'

Eron Gjon i , the de fendant , is an ex -boyfriend of her s

with his own onl ine presence . 5 On Septembe r 16 , 20 14 ,
t he

pla i ntif f

a pp ea r ed

in

t he

Dor che s t er

Co u rt a nd fi ll e d out a n aff i d a v i t

District

i n s up po r t

of an

a buse p revention o rder aga inst the defe ndant. 6 Afte r

an e x parte
i s s ued

or

o rd e red

on

t e mporary

de f end a n t . 7
abuse

hea r ing

h im

about t h e

"not

same day ,

rest r a i n ing

Beside s
con tact

that

orde r i ng
t he
to

o r der

t he

any

the

f ur t h er

Tyne s

ag a i nst

defe ndan t

plaint iff ,
pos t

J udge

not

o rder

the
to
al s o

i nf o r ma ti on

[p l ai nt if f ] or her p er s onal life on l i ne or

to enco u r a ge ' ha t e mobs . ' HB

On September 30 ,
the

Dorchester

hear i ng

on

2014 ,

Di strict

e xte n di ng

Court
t he

, See Add . 22 .
5 Ad
d. 5.
6 Add . 2 .
7

the pa rties appeared i n

Add . 38 -39 .

B Add . 38 .

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fo r

an

temp o r ary

ev identia ry
or de r .

Th e

pl ai ntif f

t o l d he r

sto ry t o

t he Cou rt .

Counse l

fo r

the d efendan t , howe ve r , was d enied the op p o r t u ni t y to

cross - examin e

plaintiff ,

the

Ame ndme nt arg ument o r

t he

b ehalf. 9

de fen da n t 's

respect
e x t e nd e d

to

t he

the

pre s e nt

Fi rs t

or de r

to

First

favo rable evidence

Wit hout

Amendmen t

to

make

Sept ember

an y

find i ng s

claim ,

th e

16,

20 1 5 . 1 0

on

wit h
Cou r t
The

d e f endant appea l e d f r om t his decis io n . 1 1 Th e case was

doc kete d in th e Appeals Cou r t on Apr i l 2 1 , 2015 .
III . SHORT STATEMENT OF FACTS

We l l b e f ore she knew the d efendant , the p l a intiff

-

wel l - know n

wit h

and

publ i c

cont rov e rsia l

per s ona"

had

v ideogame
b ee n

d es igne r

i nvolved

confli cts " with a number of online gr oups

. 12

in

Some of

thes e con f l i c t s had led to a b a cklash" in the fo r m of

"thre a ts of

bef ore

ra pe " a nd "ot he r

she

contro versies

knew
was

t he
a

defendant .

f a lling

Add . 2 l.
Add. 2 8 .
11 Ad d.
40 .
12 See Add . 2 1-22 .
13 See Add . 22 .

10

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a gain ,

cr i me s ,,13

out

with

Among
a

eve n
the s e

non -profit

gr o u p by t h e
well

as

c r i t icis m o v er

re -re l e ase
Quest "

name o f The Fin e You ng Cap ital is ts ,

in

her d e cis ion

of

her

cont r ov e rsi al

t he

wake

of

the

to
game

suic ide

of

l'

a n no u nc e

as

the

ft De p r e s s i o n
a ct o r

Robi n

Wi l li a ms . 1 5
On
litan y

September
of

16 ,

2 0 14 ,

un substa ntiated

defe n d a nt in suppo rt of he r
Fir s t , i n h e r aff idavi t

14
15

t he

pl aint iff

a l l e ga ti on s
reques t

made

agai n s t

a
the

for a 2 0 9A orde r .

she c laimed :

that th e de fend a n t had p os t ed an ar t ic le o n the

inte r net
about
her
ft s e x
and
private
l if e
d eal ing s" o n ftseveral websites that he kn ew had
a
his t o ry
of
h a rass i ng"
he r
and
ft o p enly
a dmit [t e d ]
to
doing
so
to
damag e
[h e r ]
pro f e ssional
rep ut at i o n
as
an
inde p e n d ent
a r tist" ;

t hat sh e ha d r e c e ived " riu me r o u s d e ath an d r a p e

t hreats f rom a n anonymous mob th a t he had g iven
deta ils t o " ;

t hat he r "pe r s ona L i n fo li ke [h e r] h ome a d dr ess ,

phon e numb e r , emails p a s s wo r ds , and those o f
[h e r]
fami l y
have
be e n
wide ly
di st ributed ,
along s ide nude p h o t o s o f [he r ] , and se ver al o f
[ h er] pr o f essi on al ac counts and t h o se o f [ h er ]
c olleag u e s have bee n hacked " ;

that t he defe ndant ha d ft c o a c h e d t h i s mob " ; had

" ma d e mul tiple s o c ial med ia acc o un ts t o smea r
[ h er ] n a me p u blicly " and h a d ft s t o k e d t h e fi r e o f
thi s on many occas ion s and [ d i d ] n ' t se e m t o b e

Id.
Add . 22 .

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stopping " ;

th a t t he def e ndant ha d " c a l l e d ho t e ls t hat he

s us p e cte d
(h er ]
of
sta y i n g
at ,
fa l s i f y ing
i nfo r mation to give mo r e p e rs o n al in fo t o t h e
mob " ;

that def endant was not "repentant f or the mob ' s

harassmen t
of
[her] " and " ke e p s
hinting at
givi ng them more in formation , which he kn ows
will
con t inue
i nc i t i ng
the
t hr eat s
a nd
ha ra s s ment " ;

and tha t d efend a n t b r uised her d u r i ng a sexual

en counter ; admitted " me n t al instabi l i ty " to he r
and told her that he had o nc e been " v i o l e n t with
a f a mi l y member . ,, 1 6
At

t he

the ex pa r te hear ing o n September

16,

20 14 ,

p la int iff pre s ented no d o c ume nta r y ev i dence ,

complained

a gain

a b ou t

t he

defendant 's

a l leged t h a t h e planned to " b o o s t

" mob .

a r ticle

b ut
and

[the ] morale " o f the

,, 17

Af t er the p la inti ff made t hese a l leg a t i ons , J udge

Tyn e s ca ll ed h er to sideba r . The tr a nsc r ipt n o t e s that
their
bu t

4 2 -second
it

is

exchange

clear

that

is

her

l a r ge l y
main

unintellig ible ,

c oncern

was

about

inf ormat i on p o s t ed on line ab o u t he r :

MS. VAN VALKERB URG : "W i ll t hat wo r k wi th t h em
c ontinuing , urn, f e e d these mobs wit h , urn, p rivate
c ommu n icat ion s between us?"
16
17

See Add . 2 .
Add . 5 -6 .

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TH E COURT : "
I j u s t hope to at
know, gi v e yo u s ome reli e f ."
MS . VAN VALKERBURG: "Wi ll i t
stat e d that h e .
ca n ' t ke ep
t his mo b ? "

be

leas t ,

you

spe c i f i ca lly
. enc o uraging

THE COURT : " He r e ' s wha t I ' m g oing to d o . I 'm

g oing t o wr i te , ' Yo u a r e also ordered not to '
a l l r igh t [ s ic ] - ' n o t to pos t a ny fu rt her ' - I ' m
going t o p u t in f o rma t ion a bo ut yo ur pr iva te life ,
d oes tha t s ound rig ht? ' An y fur t h er inf o rma t ion
ab out th e p laintiffs or p e r s onal li f e on li ne '
I ' m just go ing t o p ut on l i ne in g eneral . ' Or t o
encou rage '
what 's
t he
fi rst
a d j e c t i ve ,
someth i ng mo b - what was the mob ? "
MS . VAN VALKE RBURG : Uh, hate .
THE COURT : ' Ha t e mob ' - all rig ht. I ' l l p u t
i n q uot a t i ons . Goo d luck , ma 'am . So lo n g . 1 8

t hat

Th e Court t he r eupon entered an ex par te t emp or ary

restr a i n i ng o r d e r against t h e defendan t . 19
On

Sep t e mber

30 ,

20 1 4 ,

the

Co u r t

conve ned

hearing to determine whether t o e x t e nd the orde r . The

plain tiff t est ifi ed ,
d e fend a n t 's
o n l ine .

18
19

re i te r a t i n g h er co nce r n t ha t

crit ic ism

of

her

was

i n cit ing

t he

o t he r s

Fo r insta nce ,

th at on August 1 6 , 20 14 , defendan t publ i shed a

"diatribe a b o u t
[ their ] re la t ionship and [her]
p ersonal life t o severa l o n l i n e s i te s , s ome of
wh ich he know s h a s a hi s t o r y of har as s ing woman
an d hara s s ing [her] and s end ing them r a p e and

Add . 7 - 8 .
Add . 8 .

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death threats ; "

t hat d e f e ndant " c on tinue s

p ersonal life on line" ;

th at d efe ndant had go n e on th e r a d i o t o " d i r e c t ly

add re s s the mob " tha t was thr e a t eni n g he r ;

t hat defe ndant h a d bee n r a i s i n g f u n d s fo r a legal

def ens e ;

th a t def endant "p romis l ed] he wo uld re l e a s e

affidavit a n d mor e i n f o r mat i o n abou t [her] ;"

t ha t "t h e mob s c e n e [ha s] been r unni n g wi t h it"

and t h a t she " c o n t i n ued to get emai ls with [ her]
home a d d r e s s attached a nd very s p e c i fi c threa ts " ;

tha t d e f e nd ant had been "in contact " with a "mob

of an onymo us pe op l e" a nd t hat th e " mo b " had
" t hreate n e d [he r] " ;

and that d e f e nda n t ha d be e n in "indir ect" conta c t

with " t h e mob " thr o ug h the internet . 20
Again ,

e v i dence

t he

in

suppo r t

" Th e r e ' s

th e
going

pl a i nt if f . ,, 2 1

(1 )

t he

plaintiff

of he r

re q u e s t e d

defend ant
plai n tif f ,

pl ai n t i ff

plaint i ff
had

offered
claims .

de n i ed

be

Cou n sel

ta lk

no
When

a bo u t

no
then

is

alr e ady

t he

fo r

of

the

re ques t ,

publ i c
been

the

sta t ing :
of

Court

fi g u r e ;

invo lv e d

the

co unsel

cross -examinat ion

in fo rmed

[her]

documenta ry

c r o s s - e x a mi n a t io n

Cou rt
to

to

(2)

in

the
tha t :
the
p rior

Add . 21 . Notab ly ,
none of th e allegations she
testi fied t o sugge s ted that the pet itione r threatened
her or di r ect ed anyone e lse t o do an y t h i n g.
2 1 Ad d . 2 1 .
20

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controversies

wherein

she

re ceived

o nl i ne

prior to her re lationship with t he d ef e n d a n t ;

t h e re

is

defendant

no t

"a

si n g l e

had

released

s hred "

of

information

threats
(3)

ev i d e nce
that

put

a nd
t h at
the

p laintiff in danger . 2 2
Couns el

f or

the

p laint iff

t h en

made

several

s t ar tling admi s s i ons :

t h a t defe nda nt was not the source o f hi s c l ient 's

leaked personal informat ion , but instead , " h e r
soc ial
media
websi tes
[]
were
hacked
and
[plaintiff 's]
name[] ,
addresses ,
billing
informat i on and o t h e r private informat ion [] was
provided i n these chat r ooms
" 23

t ha t
th e a r t i cle did
plai n t iff 's r e al name ;
Most

significant ly ,

not

when

the

eve n

Judge

co n t a in

t he

noted

tha t

counsel for the plaintiff was describing "third-party

commu n icat ions and threats "
b y de fen da nt) ,

cou n sel fo r

(i .e . , statement s not made

th e plai ntiff ac knowledg e d

that Mr . Gjoni had not directed anyone t o do anything :

I wouldn ' t say [ t h at the "mob" is acting] at the
behest of the de fendant . There 's no information I
was ab~e to determine in my ~engthy pouring over
where the defendant is directing this action . 2 4
Couns el fo r de f en d a nt then c it ed the st andard for

22
23
24

Add . 22 -23 .
Add . 24 .
Add . 25 .

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the extensi on of an abuse prevention order : whether

the

defen dant

severe ,
Cour t ,

had

p h ys i cal
however ,

caused
harm"

her

or

disputed

"fear

"physi ca l

counsel 's

of

i mmi ne n t

ha r m. ,,25

The

a r t i cu l a t i on

of

t he l a w, s tating , "[t]here 's als o the int imidating o r

c ontrolling

cond uct

of

the

def endant .

That 's

bee n

well e stablished by c a s e law . ,,26 Al though counsel f or

de fendant ag ain argued tha t
wr on g s tandard ,

the Co ur t

the Court was u sing th e

extend ed t he o r d e r

f or a

year wit hou t further cons ideration .

The Cour t le ft i nt a ct Paragraph 14 , the provisi on
b ro a d ly restri cting defe nd a nt ' s s pe ech a nd im p lici tly
fi ndi ng

that

his

a r ti cl e

was

no t

protected

Cou nsel f o r

the defend ant objected : " J ud g e ,

he ard

t he

on

r estri cti ons

scope
stating

of

p laced

the
it

Amendmen t

upon

o r iginal

t he

[ t he

issue

d e f e nd a n t ,

orde r? "

had alre ady made a

wou l d " l e a ve
de fendant ' s]

First

The

Amendme n t

appe llate

rights . "

may I

be

and

t he

wit hin

t he

Cou rt

decisi on and

Fi r s t

spee ch .

refused ,
t ha t

ar guments ] t o
Cou nsel

it
[ t he

ob j e c t e d

25 Add . 2 7 . The r e was no a l l e gat io n of " involunta r ily

in sex ual rela ti on s b y fo r c e . " See G.L . c . 209A s .
1 (c) (defi n i t io n o f abu s e) .
26 Add . 27 - 28 .

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again :

"I ' d

e xt ensi o n
t he

just like

of

t he or d e r

d efendant ' s

o r de r

tha t

moti o n

affect s

t o ob ject on t h e reco rd to the

a nd
to

to t he Co urt ' s
s trik e

the

d e ni al

po rt i o n

his Fi rst Amendment r igh t

of
to

of
the

fr ee

s peech . " The Cou rt noted the obj ect ion and motion to
s tr ike Par agrap h 1 4 . 2 7
IV .

ISSUES OF LAW RAISED BY APPEAL

1.

Is Pa r a g r ap h 14 of the 209A or de r , e n j o i ning

defe n dant
fr o m
"po s t[i ng]
any
f ur th er
in fo rmation a b o u t the pla inti f f or he r persona l
lif e online o r
to encourage hate mobs " ,
a
conti nuing
unconst itutional
p r i or
r e s tr a i nt ,
beca u se it i s not narr o wl y -tai l o r e d t o fo rbid
on ly un p rote c t ed s p ee ch , b e ca us e it wa s impos e d
in
t he
a b s e nce o f
d et a iled f indings
of a
comp e l li n g stat e inter e s t , and b eca u s e it wa s
made pri or t o a f indin g t h a t t h e s p eech was
un p ro tec ted?

2.

Was t h e enti re 209A order issued in violation

of the defen d ant 's co nstitutional r ight to d u e
pr o ces s , whe re t h e de fend a n t wa s de n i e d the
r i ght
to
c ross -e x a mi ne
t he
p la i n t i f f ,
to
pr esen t e v i d e n c e , o r t o argue un d er th e First
Ame ndment in h is o wn def en s e?

3.

Was t h e ent i re 209A order i s s u ed in er ro r ,

wher e th e Court used t he wrong st andard o f
rev iew?

27

Ad d . 28 -29 .

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ARGUMENT
1.

THE LOWER COURT'S ISSUANCE AND EXTENSION OF

PARAGRAPH 14 IS A CONTINUING UNCONSTITUTIONAL
PRIOR RESTRAINT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NARROWLYTAILORED TO FORBID ONLY UNPROTECTED SPEECH,
BECAUSE IT WAS IMPOSED IN THE ABSENCE OF
DETAILED FINDINGS OF A COMPELLING STATE
I NTEREST , AND BECAUSE IT WAS IMPOSED PRIOR TO
ANY FINDING AT ALL UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT .

A "pri o r
j udicial
when

res t rain t " is a n " adm i n i s t ra t i ve

orde r[]

issued

in

advance

commun ications
Ba rnes ,

forbidding

a re

certai n

of

to

the

occur . /f

46 1 Mass . 644 , 651

[o r ]

commun ication s

time

that

such

Commonwealth

v.

(2012) , quoti ng Alexande r

v . Uni te d St a t e s , 50 9 U. s . 5 44 , 55 0 (1993) . " Cl a s sic

examples "

of

p rio r

restraint

are

" [ t ] e mp o r a r y

r e s t r a i n i ng o r d e r s and permanent injunctions court

orders

that

actually

forb id

i .e . ,
speech

ac t i v i ti es ..." Id . ; Se e Add . 3 8 .
Prio r rest rai n t
to be

i s an " e x t r a ordi na ry reme d[ y ],, 28

used in only the most

I ndeed ,

in

up he ld

225
pr ior

years

" t he

r e s tr a i n t ,

" e xce pt i ona l

Supreme Court
even

faced

cases . ,, 2 9
has

never

with

th e

compe t ing int e r est of na tion a l se c urit y o r th e Si x t h

Amendment ri ght to a

f air tr ia l. "

Procte r

Co . v . Ba nkers Trust Co . , 78 F .3d 219 , 227

28
29

&

Gambl e

( 6t h Cir .

Nebraska Press v . Stua rt , 427 U.S . 539 , 562 (1 97 6 ) .

Nea r v . Minnesot a , 283 U.s . 697 , 7 16 (193 1) .

- 1 4-

1996 ) ,

o p i n io n

cl a r i f i e d

(May

8,

(emp h a s is

1996)

added)
Pri or res t ra int i s rar ely co n s t it ut iona l beca use
" on l ine
the

s peech "

" hi g h e s t

pro t e ct i o n s "

and Art i cl e 1 6 .
(1997 ) . 30

(l i ke ot he r

f orms

of

under the

Reno v . ACLU ,

speech)

Fi rst Amendment

521 U.S .

Content -based prio r

en joys

844 ,

res tra ints

on

8 67-86 8
speech

are s ubject t o s tr i c t sc r ut i ny by this Cou rt . Ba rnes ,

4 61

Ma s s .

at

651 ;

Commonw e alth

v.

A Juvenil e ,

3 68

Mass . 580 ( 1 97 5)
To

s u rviv e

st r ict

s cr u tin y ,

pr ior

re s t r ain t

must " b e ba s ed on de ta il e d f i nding s of f a ct th a t

i d e n t if y
will
l ess

serve

c ompell ing
and

(b )

r e s t r i c ti v e

a v a ila ble ."

Id .

at

i n t e r es t

d e mons t rat e

that
t ha t

t he
no

al t e r n a t i v e

to

652 . 31 Using

t his

(a)

r est raint
re a sona b l e ,
o rde r

th e

a n a lys is ,

is
t h is

Co urt may strike d own so much of a j udi c ial ord er a s

co ns t itute s an imp roper pr i or r e s tr a i n t
s pee ch .

See ,

~,

Care

&

Prot . o f

on pro t e c t e d

Ed i th ,

4 21 Mas s.

30 Se e U. S . Const . Ame nd s . I , XI V; Ma s s . Decl . o f Rt s .

Ar ts . 16 , 7 7 .
31 This Cou rt ha s recog niz ed th at media a nd n o n -medi a
s pea ker s should b e trea t ed equa lly und e r the Firs t
Amendme nt . Se e Sha ari v . Harvard Studen t Agencie s ,
In c . , 42 7 Ma s s . 1 2 9, 134 (1998) (" Th e p res s in i t s
hist o ric connot a t ion comprehends eve ry s o rt o f
p u b lic a ti on which af fords a vehicle of in f ormation a nd
opin io n . " ) .

- 1 5-

703 , 705 (1996) .

The lower court in this case i s s ue d a " c l a s s i c "
e xam p le

of

pr ior

re s tr aint

the 209A o rde r . Ba rnes ,

forb ids

the

does

not

Pa r agr a ph

1 4 of

s u p r a at 65 1 . Ev e n t od a y i t

defendant

th ough t s a b o u t

th roug h

from

publishing

own

his

h i s own e xperi e nces . Th i s res t r ict ion

pass

con stitutional

muster

for

at

least

three r e a s o n s .
is
not
narrowlyA . The
speech
restriction
tailored to restrict only unprotected speech .

The

language of

"n a r r o wl y -t ai l o r e d"
r e st r i ct

on ly

the

rest riction

be ca us e

it

un protected

itself

p l ai nl y

speech .

is

not

do e s

See

not

Pla nned

Pare nthood League o f Mass achusetts , Inc . v . Operation

Re s c ue ,

406

Ma s s .

701 ,

715

judicial

s pe e c h

restrictions ,

f ind i ng

th a t

t he re

is

(1 99 0 ) .

In

must

Court

c ases
make

reasonab le ,

"n o

of

l ess

r e s t ri c t i ve alternat ive " a va il a b l e . Id . That i s ,

Court

~ust

t ha t

t he

the

ensu re under the s trict scrutin y s t a nda r d

s p e e ch

r es t r a i nt

is

t a i l or ed

to

r est r i ct

only speech not prot ected by the Fi rst Amendme nt . Id .

Such

" unpro t e ct e d "

we ll -defined a nd
v.

Borowski ,

461

speech

n a r ro wl y
Mass .

falls

i nto

li mited c l a sse s " ,

415 ,

- 1 6-

422

(2012 ) ,

"cer t ai n
O' Br i e n
such

as

" f i ght i ng

words " ,

"i nt e g r a l

to

32

" t r ue

cr imi na l

threats ,

con duc t ,

,, 3 4

speech

,, 3 3

an d

that

is

" s ol i c i t a t i on"

(o r "in citemen t" ) . 3 5 ,36 Id .

The o rder here , enjoin ing defendant " n o t
any f u r t h er information about the
pe rsonal l i f e onli ne o r

e x pansi ve

t han

t he

[plaintiff]

t o encou rage

not l im i ted t o unp rotec te d spe e c h ;

"na r r o wl y

t o post
or her

' h a t e mobs ' "

it

li mi te d

is

is

vas tly mo re

class es "

cited

above .
Even

cons idered

i ndividually ,

none

of

the

sub -

o rd ers em bodied in Paragra ph 1 4 are n arr o wly t a i l ored

to

cover onl y

o rder n o t

unp ro tecte d

to " p o s t

p laintiff " could ,

from

commenting

q ues ti o nable
d i s p utes

with

sp e e ch.

For

i nst a nce ,

t he

any fur ther informat ion about the

in pr inciple ,
on ,

i n d u s tr y
ot h ers ,

e .g .

p revent the defendant

t

prac t i c es
i nclu ding

the

pl a i n t i ff ' s

and

her

The

Fi ne

on l i n e
Youn g

See O 'B rien , 461 Mass . at 4 23 ; Chaplinsky v . New

Ha mp s hir e , 315 U.S . 568 , 571 (1942) .
33 See O 'Brien ,
461 Mass . a t 423 ; Virginia v , Bl a c k ,
538 U. S . 343 , 359 -60 (2003) .
34
Se e Co mmo nwea l t h v . Joh nso n , 4 70 Ma s s . 300 , 311
(20 14 ) .
35
Yakubowic z ,
40 4 Mass . a t
630 -3 1 ; Bra n denb urg v .
Oh io , 395 U.S . 444 , 447 (1969 ) ; He ss v . Indiana , 4 1 4
U.S . 105 , 109 (1973)
3 6 Kn owing ly false statements about a
person can also
be restricted , but there is no allegation here that
any
petitioner
said
was
false .
See
Garrison
v.
Lo u isiana , 379 U.S . 64 , 75 (196 4) .
32

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Ca p i ta l i s t s

langu ag e

that

is

c l e a r l y pro te c te d a s

p art o f t h e p u bli c deb ate .

Simi larly ,
pe r sona l

the

l ife "

unpro t e cted

o rder

is

not

spee ch .

no t

to

" po s t "

limi t e d
To

to

the

about

re st r ic t

e xtent

tha t

" h er
o nly
the

pla intiff ' s public and personal l i fe has inters ected

wi t h

substanti a lly
d efenda nt
the

ha s

the

p l a intiff ) .

defendant

r i ght

Unle ss

could

ca n not

b ro ad ly

op in ions ,

life ,

the

onl y

it

(as

"i n f orma ti o n "

publish

would

pro s cribe

t he

de f e n dan t

h i s own expe r iences ,

simp l y

beca use

the

the
doe s
the

constitute

(wh ic h it cl e a rly wou l d no t) ,

spea k ing online a b o u t

and

defendant 's

to spe a k ab ou t

poss i bly

unp rotect e d spee c h

Cou r t

t he

t he
from

attitudes

pl aintif f

is

i mp l icat e d in his speec h . 37

Li kewi s e the o rde r
is

unde f ined

and ,

not t o " e n c o u r a ge hate mobs "

nonet heless ,

not

t ailo red

to

rest r ict on l y un p ro t ec t e d s pe e c h . See Ca r e & Pr o t . of

Ed i t h ,

42 1

Ma ss .

at

706 .

Sh o r t

of

i ssu in g

t r ue

t hre ats o r incitements to violence (which are already

Be c a u s e t h ere i s n o c lea r de fi n ition t o the word
" p o st" ,
th e
Court 's
inj u ncti o n
could
e ve n ,
theo retic a lly , c riminal i ze p r ivate e mai ls or ch a ts o f
the de fen dant a bout , e . g . , the pl aint i f f 's indust ry
p ractices , see Add . 22 , even though the pla inti f f
ass e rts t h at the cont roversy s u r r ou n d i n g this c ase has
mad e "i nt er n a ti onal ne ws . " See Add . 6 , 21 .
37

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illegal

under

crimina l

statutes) ,

has no way of kn owin g wh a t

wo r d s mi gh t

"ha t e mo b .

the

this

postings

are

includes

ha teful ,

obnox io us p e o p l e ,
what s o ever
(There

to

is

" en c o ur a g eH a

a n onymou s

eve n

r e s p on si b l e

But

for

user s

avail a b le

to

everyone .

irresponsible

name

a
the

the

a nd

r e c kl ess

for

this

def endant

cannot

repre h ensible

a n y mo r e

th a n

t hrea t s .
pr act i ce :

not

be ha vi o r

boycott

fo r

a t t a cks by th i r d part i e s

those

no t

partic i pate

did

in

be

held

of othe r

orga nize rs

be h e ld liab l e
who

and

man y of whom nee d no encou ragemen t

make

" tr o l l i n g . H 39 )

i nt e rn e t

defendant

,, 3 8

In te rnet
Sadly ,

t he

the

c an

again s t

boycot t .

See

NAACP v . Claiborne Ha r d wa r e Co . , 458 U.S . 886 (1982) .

It
evidence

is
of

pla i ntif f .

impor t a nt

to

t hreats

made

Mor eove r ,

emphasize
by

t he

38

Mr .

that
Gj oni

t he r e

is

against

p la intiff 's

no

the

attorney

Indeed ,
this
p r o vi si o n
appea rs
to
have
been
autho red in part by the pl a intiff , as Judge Tynes di d
not appea r to und e rsta nd ex a c t l y wh a t the pl a in tif f
mean t b y the term "ha t e mob . H Ad d . 8 .
39
Th e Cour t
is di r e c ted to Dict i o n ary .com 's apt
de f i n it i o n
of
in t e r n et
" t r o l l i n g H:
" Di gi tal
Technology ,
I nforma l :
to
post
i nfl amma t o r y
or
in appropriate messages o r comments on (the Internet ,
especially a message board)
f or
the purpose of
upsetting other users and provoking a response ; t o
upset
or provoke
(other
users)
by po sting such
me ssages o r commen ts . H

- 1 9-

acknowl e d g e d

th at

t h e re

was

no

ev i d e n c e

th a t

Mr .

Gjoni "w a s d irect i ng H th e be h avior o f o th e r people on

i n t e rne t . '0

t he

t hat

suggested
a d d r ess [ i n g ]

acc usation ,
was

whe re

the
a nd

t he

abl e

to

the

de fenda nt

was

en c ou rag in g

de t e rmine
is

" d ire c t l y

t he

r e t r e a t ed

ac know ledgi ng ,

i n it i all y

p l ai n ti f f

def e ndant

app ro p riate ly

attorney

Though

mob " ,
fr o m

[t] here 's no

i n my

~engthy

di recti ng

her
this

i n f o r ma t i o n
pouring over

thi s

a c t i on . H "

I n d e e d , no evide nce of defendant ei ther encourag ing a

" rno b "

or

l e a k ing

i n fo r mat io n

was

pr e s en te d

to

t he

Co u r t .
Where ,

as here ,

an u nwi l l i n g subject ,
if r e p r e h e n s i b l e

protected s peech is c r itica l

a

third part y 's actio ns -

of

even

a r e not the res pon sibil ity of t h e

speaker . As Profe ssor Volo kh p oin t s out :

That s p e e c h harshly cr iticizes its target does
not
s tri p
it
of
protec t i on ,
eve n
if
some
l i s t ener s mi gh t rea ct to th e speech b y a t t ac k ing
o r thr eat ening th e t a rget . Th u s , fo r i n s t a n c e , i n
NAACP v .
Cla ibo r n e
Har d wa r e
Co . r
th e
NAAC P
o rganized a blac k boycott of white -owned stores
and publici zed the names of blacks who we ren 't
following the boycott in order to pre ssu re peop le
in t o g o i n g a l o n g wit h th e boycott . Some of th e
people wh ose names were
so p ub lic i zed were
beaten , ha d th eir p r oper ty van d a lized , o r had
shots f i red i n t o t heir h ome s . But despite t h is ,
' 0
41

Add . 25 .
I d . (emphasis a d d e d ) .

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the Cou rt held that the NAACP a nd the pe op l e who

pa rt i c ipa ted in gat he ring a nd pub liciz ing t he
na mes co u l d n ' t b e he ld l i a b l e f or t he b oyc o tt . ' 2
Pl a int if f 's couns el als o a ckn owle dged th a t

the

(d e f e nd a n t
the

r e al

plai n t i ff 's

nam e

is

no t

in

t he

e ven

art icl e

r e f e r s t o her by a pseudonym ) . ' 3 And whi l e

p la inti f f

reveal ed h e r

a l l eged

perso na l

that

the

himsel f

def e nd a n t

in forma t i on o nl in e

("he ,

l ike ,

mai l e d my p e r s o na l i n f o rma t i o n to t hese hat e mob s

h er

a t to r ney

app ropr ia te ly

" p r i va t e in f o r ma t i o n
h a d "ha cked u
defe nd ant.

o ut

that

"

he r

was in fact l ea ked by those who

her s oci a l

Unde r

pointed

me dia acco u nts -

Cl a i b o rne

Ha r d wa r e

Co . ,

no t

by t he

supra ,

the

de fendant cannot be li a ble f o r ot he r 's act ion s .

Although

vague ly-referenced ,

the

language

compla i ne d of in thi s case a mo u nt s to speec h about an

unwill ing

subject

unwill ing listener . '5

as

op p o s e d

Ba n s

to

speec h

to

an

on spee c h abo ut unw i l ling

subjects , as oppos ed to speech to unwanted l i st e ne r s ,

Eug ene Volokh , ONE - TO-ONE S PEECH VS . ONE -TO- MANY

SP EECH , CRIMI NAL HARAS SMENT LAWS , AND " CYBERSTALKI NG" ,
107
Nw . U.
L.
Re v.
7 31 ,
7 54
(2013) ("One - To -Many
Spee ch
See al s o Commo nwe a l t h v . Fi l o s , 4 2 0 Ma s s .
3 48 , 359 ( 1995) (Nolan , J . , disse n ting ) ; Brand e nburg ,
395 U. S .
at
44 7 -448
(p er curiam)
(e ve n abstra ct
advocacy o f unlawful conduc t may not be proh ibited ) .
' 3 Add . 24 .
'2

44

Add .

6.

' 5

See Volo kh , One - To -Many Spe e ch , sup r a at Par t I I .A .

- 2 1-

are

un c onstituti ona l . 4 6

genera l ly

The

rec ord

shows

that the defendant 's past spee ch was not dir ected at
t he

plaintiff .

Indeed ,

s he

di d

not

suggest

it

was

directed at h er , b ut tha t she was an unwilli ng targ e t

of threats by other people.
It

is un cl ear unde r what th e ory t he defendant 's

f u tur e

spee c h

c ould

be

r egula t ed ,

i nde ed

none

wa s

offe red to the def endant by the Court . Eve n if th ere

were

s ome

th e ory

res t r a ine d

speec h

must make a
l ess

u nde r

which

and

find ing

t he

t here

tha t

c ou ld

not

t he

was

there was

alternative "

restr icti ve

Cou rt

ha ve
Cour t

"no re a s onable ,

available .

Planned

Pare nt h ood , 40 6 Ma ss . at 7 1 5 . The Co u rt mad e no such

findin g

be c au s e

th e re

was

no

ba s i s

f or

s uc h

finding . 4 7
B . The

speech restriction was

absence of detailed findings
state interest.

Si mi l a r l y ,
r equire s

th e

" c ompell ing

652 .

Here ,

t he
Court

s ta te

strict
to

scrutiny

make

i n t e re st . "

imposed in the
of a compelling

Barnes ,

standard

findi ng
461

of

Ma s s .

at

the Cou rt made no su ch f inding .

Indeed ,

Id . at 794 .
47 On e co ul d i magi ne ,
f or in s t a nce , a le s s r e s tri ct i ve
(a nd
more
u s e f u l)
re s t r icti on
e nc ompa s sing
o n ly
un p rot ec t e d s pe e c h , e . g . , o ne t ha t tr a c ks t he c r imina l
sta t ut es : "Do not a s sau l t or threaten t he pl aintiff."

46

- 2 2-

t he Cou rt made n o fac t

fi ndings at a ll

de f e n d ant 's speec h to a n y i mm i n e n t

The r e

is

lit t l e ,

if

a ny ,

anything

tha t

u n l aw ful conduct .

just i f ic a t io n

r e s tra int g i v e n b y t h e Co u r t
alone

l ink ing the

f or

p r io r

(or t h e p la in t iff) ,

withsta nds

t he

strict

l et

sc rutiny

requ i r e d b y our st a te a nd f ed e r a l co nstitutio ns .

c. The speech res triction was imposed p rio r to a

f inding that the speech was u np rotected .
Final ly ,

as

unconstitutiona l

p rior

to

prote c t ed .
on

Human

for

gen eral

p rincipa l ,

court t o

re strain an y

dete r mi nation

tha t

t he

Pitt sburgh Pr ess Co . v .

Relatio ns ,

413

u.s.

it

is

speech

speech

is

no t

Pitt s burgh Comm ' n

376 ,

390

( 1973 ) .

The

deci s i on to restr ict the d e fendant ' s speech must come

o nly

after

prote c ti ons

du e
as

conside ra t i on
a p p lied

Her e , al though co u n s e l
put

the

First

fact s

of

Amendment
the

ca se . 4 8

fo r the de f e n d a nt at t e mpted to

this i ssue in fr o n t of th e lowe r court , t he Cou rt

to ld

h im ,

"I' l l

a p pe llate r i g h t s .
ther e f ore
Amen dme n t
48

to

of

Mark A .

leave

tha t

[a rgument]

to

y ou r

I ' v e made my dec ision . ,, 4 9 Th er e wa s

in su f fic ien t

co n s i dera t i o n

of

the

Fi r s t

impli c a tion s of su ch a r e s t ri c t i o n .
Le ml e y

&

Eugene Vo lo kh ,

I NJ UNCTI ONS I N I NT ELLECT UAL

P ROPERT Y C ASES ,

1 71 & n . 11 2 ( 1 9 9 8 ) .
4 9 Add. 29 .

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FREE DOM OF

48

S PEECH AND

Duke L .J . 1 4 7 ,

Pr io r

rest ra ints a re

r ar e b e c a u s e

must th reat e n a n in t ere s t

mor e

Fir s t

Proct e r

Amendmen t

F .3d at
gi v e n

227 .

by

rea s o n a ble ,
e xpr e s s

i ts e l f . "

Here ,

the

t here

Cou rt ,

l e ss

dism i s sal

was

no

of

f u n d a menta l

no

&

t h a n the

Gambl e

Co . ,

compell ing

attempt

r e s tri cti ve

" p ubl i c a t i on

to

att emp t s

reaso n

fashion

a l t er nat ive ,

c ounsel 's

78

a nd
to

an

g et

rul in g o n t he Fi rs t Ame ndment issu e . 5 0 Meanwhile , t he

defendan t

cont inues

to

be

rest rained

pa r ti c ipat i n g i n an ongoing debate online a b o u t

from
hi s

own life . 51
2.

THE 209A ORDER WAS ISSUED IN VIOLATION OF THE

DEFENDANT 'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS RIGHTS
TO CROSS-EXAMINATION , TO PRESENT EVIDENCE , AND
TO ARGUE IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.

Once the plaintiff had gi ven h e r s ide o f the

story , co u n se l f or def enda nt r e q u e sted c ro ss The o r d e r a l s o un const it u tiona l ly puni she d Mr . Gjon i
fo r ma ki ng p rotected speech i n viol ation of t h e Fi rs t
Amendme n t . See O ' Br ien , 461 Mass . at 425 (f i nd ing that
th e legislatu re in t ended the civil h arassment statute
not to crimina lize p r o t e c te d speech) ; Commonwealth v .
Welch , 444 Mass . 80 , 98 (2005) (same fo r the crimi n a l
h a r assmen t st a t u t e ) ; Jo hnso n , 4 7 0 Ma s s . at 307
(a n a ly z i n g wheth er complained of o n l i ne s pee c h wa s
cons tit utionally protec t e d for p ur p o s e s o f the
cr i mina l har a s sment s t a tut e ) .
5 1 "Whe r e .
. a dire c t pri o r res tr ai nt is i mpo s e d
upon the reporting of news by the media , each pass ing
day may constitute a separate and cognizabl e
i n fringeme n t of the Fi rst Amendment . " Nebras ka Pr e s s
As sn . v . Stuart , 423 U. S . 1319 , 1329 (1975)
(Bl ackmun , J . , in c hambe r s) .
50

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examination of t he plaintiff .

Th e Court r efused ,

sta ting : " Th e r e ' s go ing t o be n o c ross -examination o f

the pl aint if f . " 52

Th i s was a clear vi olation o f the

def e nda nt ' s d u e -pr o c e s s r ight s at a 209A hearing . C .O .

v . M.M . , 4 42 Mass . 648 , 65 6 (20 04 ) (e x p r e s s l y prov id ing
defend ants a right t o c r oss examination in 2 0 9A
h e arin g s ) ; Frizado v . Fr i z a d o ,

420 Mass . 592 , at 598

n . 5 ( 1 9 9 5 ) . Se e U.S . Cons t . Amen d . VI ; Mass . Decl . o f

Rts . Ar t . 1 2 .

The Court s i mi l a r ly erred in r e f u s i n g

to a ll o w th e def e ndant t o pre sent e vidence on his

Fir st Amendm ent a rg ument o r to e v en make the l egal

argument its e lf . Se e G. L . c . 209A ,

4 ; C . O. , 44 2

Ma ss . at 6 56 (re q uiring " a meaningfu l oppo r tu nit y [ f o r

the defendant ] t o be h e a r d." ) .
3.

THE 209A ORDER WAS

STANDARD FOR "ABUSE ."

Th e
e i t her
harm;

s t a n d ard
" (a )

fo r

ISSUED

" a b u se"

UNDER

u n der

attempting to caus e

or

THE

c . 209A
ca u s i n g

(b) p l a c i n g a no the r in fea r of i mmi n e n t

p hy sica l

h a r m;

or

(c)

invol u ntar il y i n s e xu a l

caus ing

a not he r

to

WRONG

s .l

is

physi c al
serious
e n g a ge

re lati ons by f orce , threat o r

52 Add . 21 .

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d ur e s s ." G.L . c .
on

Sep temb er

209A s .

30 ,

Dur i ng t he 20 9A hea ri ng

1.

2 014 ,

coun s el

for

arti c u l ated the rel eva nt se cti on ,

s tan d a rd

as

s eve r e ,
upon

whether

seri o us ,

t he

the re

ph y s i c a l

p la intiff . " s3

is

p art

is su i ng

an

abu s e

of

this

f rom

d e f e n d ant ,

Cour t

o rder ,

(b ) ,

t hr eat

t he

disp u t e d

sug g e s ting t hat "fea r of harm" is no t

fo r

de f endant

"immi n e nt

harm
The

t he

of

this ,

t he on ly b a s is

" [t ]he r e ' s

al so

t he

i n t i mi d ating or con t rolli n g conduc t o f t he d efendan t .

Th a t' s been we l l established by case l aw ." s.
At

al l

pro ng (b)

209A hea r i ng s

the

proper

i nquir y

u nder

(the "fea r" pro n g ) i s whe ther plaintiff had

been p lace d in a re a s o n a b le fea r o f " i mmine n t ser iou s

physi c a l

h a r m."

Cla i rmont ,
J .) ( '"

G.L .
Mass .

64

2 09A ,

c.

App .

Ct .

1;

47 9 ,

Vitt o ne
485

v.

(Le n k ,

Abu s e ' has t h e s ame s t at ut or y def in ition in the

con tex t

of

orde r s . " ) ;

i n i t ial ,

Callahan

v.

ex t e n d e d ,
Callahan ,

a nd
85

Mass .

perman e nt
App .

Ct .

to

have

369 , 37 3 (20 1 4) .
Despit e
53
54

thi s

l a w,

the

Add . 27 .
Add. 27 - 28 .

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Cou rt

appea rs

devi s e d

its

own

contr olling "

s ta nd ard b a s e d

behavi o r .

on

Such

"i n ti mi da tin g

beha vi or

may

con side r ed in t he c o nt ext of an abuse o r d e r

or
be

already

issued based on past physical harm (i . e . , unde r prong

( a) ) .

See

Ca lla han ,

85

s uch

behavior

(con sidering

alr e a d y obta i ned a n

Vi t to ne ,

orde r

Mass .

Ap p .

where

ba s ed

pris on for p a s t

at

37 4

pl aintif f

had

o n ph ys ical

64 Mas s . App . Ct . at 489

b eha vi or where h u sband was a b o u t

Ct .

ha r m) ;

(c o n s i d e r i ng such

to b e rel e a sed f rom

violen c e t owa r d s wife a nd children ) .

But t he r e wa s no such prior r e s training o r de r

b a sed

o n past ph y si c a l a b u s e pre se nt he r e .
STATEMENT OF REASONS WHY DIRECT
APPELLATE REVIEW IS APPROPRIATE

Direct Appe ll ate Re v iew is app ro priat e h ere

at

l east

t h ree r e a sons .

First ,

t h e 209A o r der i s

f or
an

ong o i ng con s ti tutiona l infr ingement o f the d e fendant ' s

rig ht to fr e e
of

t he

re vi ew

55

speec h .

r e straint
suc h

Th e

o ng oing i n junct ive

r equire s
ca s e

an

a p pel l ate

exped i t i o usl y . 55

I n re Emma F . ,

n a t ure

court

Second ,

to
it

107 A. 3d 9 47 (Co n n . 20 15 )
(i n vo l v ing such e xp edi t ed rev i e w) ; Pa t uxe nt Publi sh ing
See ,~ ,

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repre s ents

c o nstitut i onal

i mpre s s i o n fo r
s ta te 's

th i s Cou rt a bo u t

i nt e r e s t

under G. L .

c.

que s t i on

in

fi r s t

how t o re c o n c ile the

pre v e nt i n g

2 09 A with t h e

of

s peech - based

Fi rst Amendment.

a bu s e
Thi r d ,

t he ca se i nvolve s co ns t itu t io n a l q u es ti ons ft wh i c h h a v e

bee n r ais e d i n a cour t

of the Commonwealt h . " Fi na ll y ,

t hi s

of

is

qu esti on

ftgreat

publ ic

in t ere st , "

b e cau s e , ft i t d e a l s with a k i nd o f con t rove r sy that ha s

bee n arisi n g repeat e d l y in r e c e n t
to ari se aga in . "

yea rs ,

and is su re

Se e Exh . A; Mass . R. of App . Pr o 11.

CONCLUSION

ft [T ] he
o r d e rs "
Sing h

is

V.

prope r
an

adm inis t ratio n

ft imp o rtan [t] "

r e s t ra in i ng

fun c t ion o f

thi s

Ca p uano , 468 Ma ss . 32 8 , 32 9 (20 1 4)

an d quot a tions omitted) .

t he r e

of

is

mo r e

publi c

In the a g e

onl i n e

speech

Cour t .

(c i t a ti ons

of s o c i al me d i a
t ha n

eve r

and

like wise ma ny more unw i lling s ubj e cts of t his spee ch .

Th i s

case

is

abo u t

whet he r

unw i l ling

s ub j e cts

Co r p . V . St a t e , 42 9 A.2 d 554 (Md. Ct . Spec . App .

198 1 ) , a va i lab le a t h ttp : / / s ch o l a r .go ogl e .com/
sc ho la r _c a s e ?cas e =7 73257047 4390557 17 1 (same) ; Kee ne
Co rp . V . Aba t e , 608 A.2 d 8 1 1 (Md . Ct . Spec . Ap p .
1 9 92 ) , av a i lab le at http : / /scholar .google .com/
sc ho lar c a s e ?ca s e=799832066555 4886 15 (same) .

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of

c r i tical

s peech

20 9A o r d e r s
wher e

to

the r e

violence

or

can

res or t

si len c e

ha s

b e en

a s s a ult .

Cou rt 's dec is io n

in

to

thei r
no

As

p r ovis i ons

on l i ne

c r i t ics ,

t h reat ,

is

t h is

speech

case ,

e ve n

s o l ic i ta t io n

a pparen t

fr om t he

Ma s sachusetts

in

of

l owe r
Cou rt s

are wi th out dir ec t i o n f r om th i s Cou r t whe n it comes to

r e g u lat ing

o n l i ne

a ppropriate

to

ran gi ng
f o r e goi ng

fr e e

s peech .

address
s peech

rea s on s ,

Mr .

s uch ,

As

the

sign i fica nt

i ss ue s
Gjoni ' s

p r e sented .
p etit i on

re vi e w
and

wide -

For
for

is

the

d i r ect

a p p e llate re v i e w sho uld be all owed.

Submi t ted

the Atto rney

r Er o n Gjoni

Harr is
BB
67 9118
GOOD SCHNEIDER CORM I ER
83 Atla ntic Ave .
Boston , MA 02 1 10
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jh@g s c bo s ton . com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I h ereb y ce rtify t ha t I have se r v e d the

for e g o i ng d o cume nt u po n co u nsel fo r the Co mmonwea l t h
b y ema il and 1 s t c l ass mail to Rya n P . Sull ivan , Law
Of f ic e o f Ryan Sull iva n , 11 Kea rney Squa re , 2 01 Ho we
bldg . , Lowell , MA 0 185 2 .

G. Ha r r i s
Jun e 1 2 , 2 0 1 5.

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Exhibit A

Letter of UCLA La w Pro fessor

Eu g e n e Vol okh in Supp ort o f
Direct Appellate Re v iew

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UN lVERS ITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGE LES

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SC HOOL OF LAW
BOX 95 1476
LO S ANG E LES, CA 90095-14 76
(3 10) 206 -39 26
volokh @la w_uc1a.edu

June 12,2015
Chief Justice Ra lph D. Gants
Supreme Judicial Court
Joh n Adams Courtho use
One P emb erton Square, Suite 2500
Boston, MA 02 108
Re: Van Valkenburg v. Gj oni, App eals Court No. 20 15-P -0540
Applica ti on for Dir ect Appellate Review
Deal' Chief Justice Gants a n d Associate J ustices of the Court:
We are writing in support of t he Application for Direct App ellate Review in this
case. We a re the a uthor s of Eugene Volokh, One-to-One Speech vs. One-to-Many
Speech, Criminal Harassm ent Laws, and "Cyberstalking," 107 Nw, U. L. Rev. 73 1
(20 13), and Aaron H . Ca pla n, Free Speech and Civil Harassment Orders, 64 Ha sti ngs L.J. 781 (20 13), recent articl es t h at deal, a mong ot her th ings, with orders
restricting speech about people.
This ca se involves a "question j] of fir st impression" before this Court; it involves
a question concerning the F irst Amen dment to t he Constitution of the U nit ed
States ; a n d we believe it involves a quest ion of great public interest, becau se it
deals with a kind of controversy that has been arising rep eatedly in recent ye ars,
a nd is sure to arise a ga in . App . P . R. 11. Th is Court's a ttention is t he refore needed
to cla rify this area of the law .
In recent years, some cou rts t h roughout the cou ntry- inclu din g in Ma ssa chusetts- have entered str ikin gly broad injunction s th at bar a wide r ange of speech
about particul ar peop le . These injunctions, like the one in t his case, are not limited
to unprotected speech , such as proven libel, "figh ting words," threats, 0 1' speech
intende d to a nd likely to incite imminent illegal con duct. Nor are t hey limited to
unwanted speech to a person. Ra thel', the y restrict a wid e range of speech to t he
public about t he person.
Thus, for instance, in Chan v. Ellis, 770 S.E.2d 851 (20 15), th e Georg ia Suprem e
Court reversed a n inj unction t hat ordere d a web site ope rator, Ma tthew Chan, to
delete "all posts relating to [Linda] Ellis" from hi s web site , a nd likely forbade the

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posting of future posts as well. The Geor gia Supreme Court conclu ded t hat the
inj u nct ion was not authorized by Georgia law, large ly beca use it covere d speec h
about a person and not just speech to her . The cour t therefore di d not need to reach
the serious Fi rst Amendment objectio ns to the inju nction.
Likewise, in Kleeni v. Ham rick , a local gadfly and pa st local ca nd ida te , blogged
offensive thing s about t he sis ter of a tow n's mayor , who was a lso a local civic figure.
An Ohi o Court of Com mon Pleas judge responded by ordering t ha t the blogger "is
p roh ibited from post in g a ny informa ti on/com men ts/threa ts/or a ny ot her da ta on a ny
inte rne t sit e, regardin g t he petiti oner a nd a ny member of her immedi a te or
exte nded family . . . on a ny s ite ," inclu din g both her own blog and t he
Cleveland.com news site.'
In Kim berlin v. H'a lher, a Ma ry la nd cou rt similarly enjoined a blogge r from
blogging abou t a political a ctivis t who was also a conv icted cri minal.> T hat order,
too, wa s la ter va ca te d- thou gh not for a mon th a h alf, t ime during which the
blogger's First Ame ndment right s were suppressed ." And in Ni lan v. Valenti, a
Ma ssachuset t s cou rt ordered a blogger (and former professio nal journalist) to
remove his blog post s ab out a woma n who h a d been accused of criminal negli gence
a n d leaving t he sce ne of a n acciden t after hit ting a ped estrian with her car, and
who happened to be th e daught er of a loca l judge.! Again, th at order wa s la ter
va ca ted .s

' Order of Protection at 3, Kleem v. Hamrick, No. CV 11 76 1954 (Ohio Ct . Com. P I. Au g.

15,
20 11),
a vailable
at
http ://www.volok h .com/wp-contentl up loads/20 12/07/
KleemvHamrickO rder.pdf. Th e orde r was reve rsed a week la ter. J ournal En try, Kle em , No.
CV 11 761954, available at http ://www.volokh.com/wp-content/u ploads/20 12/07/
Kleemvl-lamrick fr rd er .pd f at 5.
2 F in al Peace Or der, Kim berlin u, Wa Lker, No. 060 1SP0 19 7920 12 (Md. Dist. Ct . May 19,
20 12), ava ilabLe at http://www.law.ucla .ed u/volok h/crimharass/AaronWorthing-order.jpg:
Hea ri ng at 59-60, Ki m berlin, No. 060 1SP0 197920 12 (Md. Dist. Ct. May 29,20 12).
3 Ord er of Denial of Petit ion for Peace Order, Kim berlin v. Wall,er, No. 8526D (Md. Cir.
Ct. J uly 5, 2012), a vai lable at htt p ://www.law.ucla. ed u/volokh /cr imha ra ss/99246349-Pea ceOrder- Vacated -?-5-12.pdf.
, Hara ss ment P revention Order, Ni lan v. VaLenti, No. 12 27RO 235 (Mass . Dist . Ct .
J un e 27, 201 2), a vailable at http ://www .volok h.com/wp-cont en t/u ploads/20 12/07/
nilanorde r.png: Andrew Amelinckx , J udge Gives N ila n. Hara ssment Protection from
Val en ti, Orders Him to Redact Blog , BERKSHIRE EAGLE, June 27, 20 12.
5 Modification , Exten sion or Term ination of Ha rassment P revention Order, Nilan , No.
12 27RO 235 (Mass. Dist . Ct . July 9, 20 12).

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Courts in other states h a ve li k ewis e en joined peop le from saying a nyth ing a t a ll
on line about ex -lovers ? or ex-spo uses' la wyers ." Cou rts have enjoin ed people fro m
criticizing those with wh om t he p eople have had busin es s dealings .e One court h a s
issued a r es t r a inin g order based on a defendant's repeatedly (a n d a ccurately)
p ublicizin g the fact that t he plaint iff h a d be en su spended from practicing la w for
d efrauding a clie n t ."
Ye t , as t h is Cour t h a s n ot ed, even crim inal punishment of su pposedly
"harass [ing]" spee ch a bo ut a person is p ermis si bl e on ly if the speec h fits within a
F irst Amendment exception. Com monwealt h v. J oh nson , 4 70 lVIa ss . 300 , 3 10 (20 14);
O'Brien v. Borowsk i, 46 1 lVIa ss . 4 15, 423 (20 12), abrogated in unrelated part and
applied in relevant p art, S eney V . Mortliy, 467 Mass. 58, 63 (20 14). A fortiori, t h e
injunction in t his case, barring t h e pos tin g of all "in for m a t ion" a bout Ms. Van

6 Morelli V . Morelli, No. A06-04-60 750-C, at 9 (Pa. Ct. Com. PI. J un e 6, 20 11), available
at http ://www.law.ucla .ed u/volokh /crimharass/MorelliTranscript .pd f ("Fathe r [sic] sha ll
take down t hat webs ite a nd shall never on any publi c med ia ma ke any reference to mot her
at all, nor any refere nce to t he rela tionship betw een mother a nd children, nor shall he
make a ny reference t o his children ot her t han 'happy birthda y' or ot her significa nt school
eve nt s."); Injunct ion at 2, S chmidt v. Ferguson, No. JOCVI6 11 (Wis . Cir . Ct. Apr . 9, 20JO),
available at
http://www.volokh.com/wp/wp-content/up load s/20 JO/09/ferguson-schmid t order.pdf ("Res ponde nt may NOT use internet in any manner to com municate ab out
Pet it ioner ever again."); Johnson v. Arlotta, No. AII-630, 2011 WL 614165 1, at *3 (Min n.
Ct. App. Dec. 12, 2011) (upholding ord er directing defendant to "re move his blog [about the
ex -girlfrien d] from the Internet"); see also Flash V. Holtsclaw, 789 N.E.2d 955, 957-58 (In d.
Ct . App, 2003) (discussing court orde r banning an ex-boyfrie nd from sending letter s about
his ex-girlfr iend to local bars, as king t hat t hey not serve alcohol to her).
7 Injunct ion at 3, Martin u. Ferguson , No. JOCV2326 (Wis . Cir . Ct . June 22, 20 JO) ,
availab le
at
http ://www.volokh .com/wp/wp-content/up loa ds/20 JO/09/ferguson-ma rt inorde r.pdf ("Res pondent may not use t he intern et in any ma n ner to communicate ab out
petitioner [respondent's ex-hus ba nd's lawyer] or her law firm while t he injunction is in
place."); id . ("Res pondent sha ll imm ediately rem ove website www.lisamartin-attorney.com
from the internet and sha ll ma ke no fut ure websites or postings to other websites, or on
Yahoo, regarding petit ioner or her law firm while t he injunct ion is in place .").
8 See, e.g., R.D. v. P.M. , 135 Cal. Rptr. 3d 79 1, 800 n.1I (Ct. App. 20 11) (upholding a n
injunctio n t ha t barred defend a nt from, a mong other t hings, distributing leaflet s critical of
pla int iff nea r plai ntiff clin ic social work er's workplace); Lamont V. Gilday, No. 07-2-370307SEA, 2008 WL 4448 652 , at *3-4 (Was h . Super . Ct. Mar. 5, 2008) (enjoining defend a nt
from making a ny statem ents about defen dant's ex-employer "a nd/or [t his] lawsuit or
a nyone wh o testified in the trial, eit her directly by nam e, or ind irectly by reference, via . . .
a ny . .. form of communicat ion").
9 Welytol< v. Ziolkousshi , 752 N.W.2d 359 (Wis. Ct. App. 2008 ).

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Va lkenburg, therefore appears to be a n unconstitutionally overbroad prior

restra int. "An inju nct ion that forb ids speech act ivities is a cla ssic exa mp le of a prior
restra int." Care & Protection of Edith, 42 1 Mass. 703, 705 (1996); see also
Organ izat ion for a Better Austin v. Keefe, 402 U .S. 415 (197 1) (str iking down a n
injunct ion barring leafl ett ing critica l of a person) ; NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware,
458 U. S. 88 6, 924 n.67 (1982) (like wise) ; People v. Bethea, No. 2003BX0368 14, 2004
WL 190054 , a t *1-2 (N.Y. Crim. Ct . J a n. 13, 2004) (rejec ting crimin a l ha r assment
prosecution of wom an who had posted leafl ets sh arply crit icizing t he a llegedly
deadbeat fa ther of her child, a nd relying on t he principl e that "Ame rica ns are, after
a ll, fr ee to criticize one a nother").
And ev en the narrower portions of the inj u nctio n, if severed from t he rest of the
injunction , would still ra ise seriou s First Amendment probl ems. An injunction
banning only speech that "encour age [s] 'ha te mobs'" wou ld be unconstitution al,
since it is not limited to p u nishable speech t hat is inte nde d to a nd likely to promote
im minent law less conduct , und er Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), a nd
Hess v. Indiana, 414 U .S . 105, 108-09 (197 3). (Note t hat the U.S. Sup reme Court's
decisi on overturning the injuncti on in Clai borne Hardware involve d spe ech t h at,
according to pla intiffs, h ad the pot ential to lead others to retaliate aga in st the
target of t he speech ; so did the decisions reversing the injunct ions in Kim berlin and

N ilan, supra .i
Likewise, eve n an inj u nct ion banning only informati on about Van Va lkenburg's
"pe rsonal life" wou ld likely be unconstitutional. Speech restrict ion s aimed at protecting privacy, like other rest rict ion s, must comp ly wi th the First Am endment. S ee,
e.g., Care & Protection of Edith, 421 Mass. at 70 6. "Mere in t rusi on on a person's
alleged priva cy interest is not by itself a n a dequate ba se on which to predica te a
broad prior rest raint on a nother's fre e speech." Nyer v. Munoz- Mendoza, 385 Mass.
184, 189 (1982); Keefe, 402 U.S. at 419-20 ; see also Collins v. Bazan , 568 S.E. 2d 72,
73-74 (2002) (concluding t h at , "[i]n const ruing the stalking statu tes so as to find
t he m constitu ti onal," th e Georgia Supreme Court rea d them as limited to spee ch
that "is not prot ect ed expression under t he F ir st Ame n dment, " a nd that the stat utes
th erefore do not au t horize a n inj u nct ion eve n agains t "ext re me ly insen sitive" speech
"publishin g or di scussing [an ex-girl fr ien d's] medica l condition"). Thus , eve n if some
narrow injunctions a ga in st speech may be justified on priva cy gro un ds , a ban on all
speech about a person's "pe rso nal life" ca nnot.
This case thu s involves a recurrin g a nd im portant constitutional issue, wh ich is
of substantial importance to Ma ssachuset t s citizen s as well as to t he bench and the
bar, a nd th erefore meri t s di rect appellate rev iew by this Court.

Pa ge 5

Sincerely,

Eugene Volokh
For myself a nd for Prof. Aa ron H. Ca pla n,
Loyola Law School , Los An geles

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1.

Complaint a nd Affidavit in Support o f 209A

Or de r
Add . 1

2.

Tr a n s c r i p t of September 16 , 2014 , e x p a r t e
he a ring
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3.

Tra n s cri p t of September 30 , 2014 , 2 09A

Hearing

Add . 15

4.

20 9A Or d e r.

Add . 38

5.

Noti c e o f AppeaL

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I to ord er the Defendant to S'LOP abu sing me by harming , threatening or ai temp ting to harm me phys ically, or pl acing me
in fear of immi nent s erious phys lcal harm. or by using for ce, throat or duress to mak e me engage 111 sexual relations.
1~2 10 orde r the Defendant not to con tact me, unless aulhorized 10 do so by the Court .
3a. to order the De fend ant \0 leave and remai n away from my residence : See Plainliff Contklem iet tntotme iion Form.
If this is an apa rtmen t building or other multiple family cJwefling, check here 0
~ 3b. to order the Defend ant to lea ve and remain a'vvay from my workplace : See P/ainii/f Conficleni'ial lnforma iio ll Form.
3c . to order the De fenda nt to leave and remain away lro rn my school: Se e Plainfi{f Conhaentiet Iniovnuuion Form.
l6- 43. to order that Ill y resid entia l address not appear on the order.
lZL 4b . to order that my wo rkplace address not appear on tile ord er.
CJ 4c. to orde r that Ill y schoo l address not appear on the order,
5 10 order the Defend ant to pay me $
in compensation lor tho Iollowinq losses suilered as 8.
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to ord er the Defend ant , who has a l e~l a l obligation to ci a so , to pay tem porary support to me. {Yo u may no t o l';~1;:"1 i n (.~
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temporary Orde r Jrom a Bo ston Munici pc11, District or Gllp'3dor

SUPPOi't from tlle P robate a nd Famil ~, Court.)

IJ 7. 10 order the relief requested on Page 2 of this Com plaint pe rtaining to my minor chilel or children.
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for losses suttered , without adva nce notic e to the Defe ndant because there is a subs tantiallikelihood of immecliai e
danger 01abuse. I understand that H the Court issues such a temporary Order. the Court will schedule a l1earinC!
within 10 cou rt busi ness days to de te rmine whethe r such a temporary Order should be continued, and I must ap pe ar
in Court on that eiay if I wish tile Ord e r 10 be continued.

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COM MO NWEAL TH OF MASSA CHUSET TS

MU NI CIPA L COURT DEPART MENT
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HEARI NG
BE FORE T HE HON ORA BLE J ONAT HAN T YNES

APPEA RANCE :
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FOR THE DEFENDANT :

NONE

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VAN VALKERBURG :

THE COURT :

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at l e a s t

read in your affidavit .

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giv e

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work with them

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personal life o n li n e" -

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TODAY'S DATE : Nov . 25 . 20 14 TRANSCRIBER NAME: Raym on d F. Catuogn o. Sr .
CASE N AM E: Che lse a v an Valkerburg v . Eran Gjoni DOCKET NUMBER: 1407CR1169

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COMMONW EALTH OF MASSACHUS ETTS

MUNICI PAL COURT DEPARTMENT
OF T HE TRIA L CO URT

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HEAR I NG
BEFORE T HE HONORABLE SERGE GEORGES ,

JR .

AP PEA RANCE :
FOR THE COMMONWEA LT H :
FOR CH E LSEA VAN VALKERBURG
Law Of f i c e o f Ryan P . Sull ivan
1 1 Kearn ey Squ ar e
20 1 Howe Bu ilding
Low el l , MA
0 1852
By :
Ryan P . Sulli van , Esq .
FOR THE DEFEND ANT
L aw Of f i c e s of D. Lev ,
13 4 Ma i n Street
Wat e rto wn , MA
02 4 72
By :
Dmi try Lev , Esq .

Pr obate Cour t

Bost o n , Massa chusetts

Courtr oom Numb er
S ept ember 3 0 , 201 4
Rep or t e r :

Ra ymo nd F . Cat u o g n o , Sr .
Re g i s t e re d P rofession a l Re po rte r

Rec ord er :

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THE CLERK :

Hear ye ,

all perso ns hav ing anyth ing

to do before the Honorabl e

Division ,

be heard .

draw near ,

give

Justice of the

your attendance and you shall

God save the Commonweal th of Massachuse tts .

You can now be seated ,

court

is

in session .

T HE COURT :

Good morning ,

everyone .

T HE CLERK :

Good morning ,

Judge .

T HE CO URT :

Are we

THE CLERK :

If you hear

forward ,

11

Valkerburg and Eron Gjon i .

MR .

13

please .

ready to go?

10

12

LEV :

beha lf o f

your nam e

Good morn ing ,

Judge .

Good morning ,

15

T HE CLERK :

This

16

Would counsel

18

19

for

is

Dmitry Lev on

Attorn ey L ev .
l 4 ROl 1 6 9 .

th e plaintiff identi fy himself f or

record .
MR .

SUL LIVAN:

Sullivan for

Good morn ing ,

Good morning ,

21

T HE CL ERK :

Sir ,

ha nd ,

rna ' am ,

Your

Honor ,

Ryan

the de fendant.

T HE COURT :

rai s e

Attorney Sullivan .

would you rais e

your

CHELS EA van VALKERBURG ,

24

ERON GJONI ,
THE COURT :

And ,

your right-

right -hand .

23

25

Ch elsea van

restraining order

20

22

st ep

the defendant .

THE COURT :

the

called ,

restraining orders

On

14

17

Dorch este r

Sworn

Swor n

Attorney Lev ,

have

you had a

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cha nce

to read the a ff i d a v i t

the incid ent report ?

MR .

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th at 's

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po l i ce

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seco n d

t o

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17

MR .

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bel i e v e

20

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LE V :

Co unsel ,

order e x tended?

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If yo u ' d

j us t

g i ve me

t h e pap e r wo r k .

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that

as

r e sul t

of th i s ,

ma t t e r?

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O k ay .
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i t 's n e xt wee k f o r

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And ,

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SU LL I VAN :

19

25

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t he one

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to us .

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23

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13

22

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S UL L I VAN :

MR .

18

prov i d e d

va n Val ke rb urg want

12

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does Ms .

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LE V :

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n oth ing ser v e d .

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Va lk erburg ,

affidavit and your wri tt en s u b mi s s i o n s .

th e Cour t

order?

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Urn ,

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am

stil l ,

harassm ent.

encouraging t h e m and gi ving th em mor e of my personal

information and he has not indic at ed that he has any

10

des ire to do so and con tinu es t o thr e at en t o r e le a se

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i f

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clarifying qu estion -

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the d efendant was pre or pos t

15

restra ining order?

16
17

MS.

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VAN VALKERBURG:

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obtaining

t he

was approach ing

ob taining the restrain ing order .

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19

restrain ing ord er ,

20

you can tell me what 's b e en this

21

you two?

22

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MS .

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can y ou t el l

VAN VALKERBURG :

Urn,

so

issuance of th e

me wha t 's b e en -

r elati onship be tw e e n

si nce

23

res train ing o r d e r

has been issued ,

24

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25

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my persona l

if

li fe online .

t he

he con tinu es to
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And th e y were -

as exp e ct ed -

f r e n z y.

t hat t h is has ma d e

Urn ,

b e e n i n contin ued cont act with ,

perso n a l

me

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this group of o n line p eo ple

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web chat

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you l i ke

t h a n k you .

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to s a y on b eh a l f

of your client

your cl ient wi sh to te s tify?

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p r o f f er or b y a
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t he m and inte r a cted i n d irect wi th the m .

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does

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18

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22

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l i ke -

whi p ped up i nto a

COURT :

th e Court p r e f e r

proceed by

cross - e xa mination of t he pla intiff?

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24

ex a minati o n of th e

25

like to say -

pla intiff .

h o we v e r

Wha t

wo u l d

your clie nt

you 'd like to proceed .

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MR .

LEV :

Well ,

fi st on beha l f

my

c l ie n t

Valk erburg i s

Wikip edia page wr itten ab o u t

t he media and on i nt ernati onal news ,

r e l ationship with my cli e n t

10

i ns t ance

the

i t was

the

e xa ct

sam e

13

threats o f

rap e ,

th er e

14

l o n g be fore my client was e v e r

number of g ro ups

falling o ut wi th some mo n ths

al lega t ions .

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th rea ts
on

of

t he

16

was happen ing a

17

the pub l ic arena ,

18

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19

re lease to coinc ide with the death o f

caused a
these

21

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22

against h e r .

23

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24

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25

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gr oup

a go .

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cr im e s ,

s ce ne .

has mad e

by re leas ing a

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year ago .

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for

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MR .

LEV :

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there 's -

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MR .

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So ,

Counsel

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are you

s aying t h at t he re is no tru t h t o the fact

manifest o of sor ts was p ublished b y your client ?

MR .

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11

de t ai l ed,

12

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13

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n am e

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r e stra i ning o rder ,

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we e x pe ct t he Co u r t

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to leave .

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But tha t 's not what h appen ed .

fren zy ,

started a

several allegations of i n fi d el i t y t h a t

making against the pla intiff dur ing th eir

relationsh ip .

the b log p o s t .

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repr ese ntation that t h e r e ' s

i n f orm a t i o n about Ms.

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in

to

it?

SU LLIVAN :

wouldn ' t say "no spec i f ic

12

i d e n t i f y i n g i nforma tion about Ms .

13

I 'd say i t

14

a ft e r

15

days a nd weeks and months that followed ,

16

17

retr ieved v ia a hacking means ,

18

in o rder to obta in her -

19

p rivat e ,

20

sou rces .

21

i n d icat e s

It

i n si d e

The b lo g p o sts

van Valkerb u rg " .

That c o me s

does n ' t contain her real name .

go ing back a nd forth in th e

what 's called " d o c s" .

identifying

I n th is case ,

i t

cha t

rooms ,

for

th e

where she

is

That 's when d ocum ents are

f r om -

by th is group ,

what had been unti l

i n f o r ma t i o n

was -

then -

from d iff erent

it was her social med ia

22

websites that were hacked and th e

23

names ,

24

pr ivate in format i on that was prov ided in t h e se c h at

25

rooms ,

addresses ,

where

name t h a t

she -

th e

b illing in format ion and oth e r

the def en dant was

enga g ing back a n d

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forth with the in forma t ion ,

anything " or

would ask certain information -

informat ion -

life and things lik e that ,

answe r

"Q

&

d oing so - called "ask me

A sessions" ,

wher e

i nd i v i dua l s

usual ly very privat e

about her physical appearance ,

h er sex

where the defendan t

many of these questions .

And he was confront ed over the internet -

to the restra ining order issu ing -

infor mat ion is caus ing he r ,

what sh e 's all eging

11

threats o f

12

real

13

communicating wi th her over the int ern et.

to her friends ,

(phonetic)

family ,

of these peop le were a lso

they -

We l l ,

so,

th ird-party communicat io ns and threats .

16

a l legation that t h e y ' r e being done a t

17

t h e defendant?
SU LLIV AN :

They

t h e y wou ld be

15

MR .

Is there any

t h e beh est o f

wouldn ' t say at the behest o f

19

the defendant .

20

dete rmine i n my lengthy pouring over wh e r e

21

defendant i s

22

is provid ing speci f ic -

23

we

24

An d

25

wou ld r eally li ke some -

t erm i s
I

in

p hysical h a r m and com ing in contact in the

THE COURT :

18

pri or

this

the a ffidavit .

l if e

Th r e a t s

tha t

10

14

wo u ld

There 's no i n f o r ma t i o n

dire cting th is act ion .

"t he mob" ,

What

was able t o
the
is he doing

sp ecific inf orma tion for what

t o go forward on their quest .

would liken it to an individual

t hi s

sayi ng ,

"I

third p er son t o p u n ch

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the plaintiff in the

say in g -

wo u l d suggest -

seeing its resu l t .

in formation o f

r e s t ra in i n g or der ,

on wh a t

the p lainti ff
o rde r

11

about me ,

12

s t o p".

And

MR.

13

is h av i ng

post and prior to th e

t he -

to see ,

indicating -

this aff ect .

the

When y o u p o s t

th e

respons e

Judg e ,

t he re 's n ot a

t h at my c li ent ha s

is ,

e vide nce

15

o th er t h a n h is blog .

16

i n for matio n t hat wa s

17

pa r tici p a te in c ha t

roo ms.

18

softw a r e

working f u l l - t i me

19

Hospit al ,

t he

r i ght

e n g a g e d with anyt hing

He ' s

He do e s

gainfully em ployed
for MGH

record whatsoever.
t o speak a bo ut his own

e xper i e nce s

22

invo lv es an o th er individu al ,

23

t he e x t e nt t h a t

24

25

pu b l i c

i t

"N o".

rel eas e d wh a t s o e v e r .

21

and h i s

Please ,

T h er e 's no id entify in g

n o cr imi nal

He has

20

inform ation

singl e bit o f

14

develo p er ,

own l i fe .

invol v es a

To

the e xtent that

th at might happen .
publ i c

he has n o control over

it
To

ind ividual with

r eputa t ion a nd a prior history of scandals

a rena ,

and

restra ini ng

from the mob .

defend a n t 's

both

v ia social media ,

p ri or to

s t op this .

actions ,

r ec eive t hrea ts

LEV :

His cont inuing providi ng personal

t he plaint iff,

"P l ea s e

what

is a p a t t e r n of stating information ,

h e 's b een abl e

10

he 's not

If he is -

a wa re of the conse quences o f

Although ,

d i recti ng that person .

He ' s

face ".

in the

that .

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We strongly deny t h at h e

ind ividual

criminal acts

th e

i dent i f yi ng

and a

of peop le

information ,

defenda nt ,

of sever e ,

this p erson .

13

othe r

14

to the

laws ,

Th e

serious ,

that

physical

where

harm from t h e

There 's

no ev idenc e

remedies

k ind of h a r m up o n
i n othe r

courts ,

she may try to cu rta i n h i s

that

sh e may succ e ed in d o i n g

v enue

t hat

br ings us here

17

plaintiff has

18

defendan t

19

now
THE

i s

and I

f ai l e d

t o make a

Well ,

COURT :

the ext e n d i n g of th e

22

w i th me

23

MR .
p hysical

suggest

t o

t oday
th e

with that ,
LEV :

T HE COURT :

isn ' t th e

having

f ear of

this

harm ,

th e

right

only bas is

f or

you 'd agre e

Attorney L ev?
immin en t

caused physica l

T h ere 's a lso the

very

that

restrain ing ord er

it 's

so .

tha t

showing

wouldn ' t you ,

Wel l ,

harm o r

t hat

i s

under

sp e e ch ,

Court

likely to commit phys ica l

21

25

imminent

extent

narrow ly bas ed -

24

to

the defendant has perpetrated

She has

16

20

"ex-gir lfri end"

mentioned i n his b log .

l I a r so l icited to perpetrate that

12

pers on or

away a ny

other than

upon the p la in tiff .

h ere whatsoever ,

15

th e

restraining order statute g o e s

th reat

any

to c omm it any

to c a u se any harm to

nickname t h a t ' s

10

or

aske d

plaintiff or that he ever gave

The

or any groups

ever

s evere ,

harm .

i n ti mi d a tin g or

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con trol l ing conduct of th e d ef endant .

we ll es tab lished by case law .

MR .

LEV :

Wel l ,

258E may ch arge mo r e

wou ld sugges t

Th a t ' s

be en

th at p erha ps

in to thos e ar eas .

TH E COUR T :

We ll

MR .

of conduct ,

person publ ish ing h i s

documentat ion of all of t h i s .

LEV :

Even if we

we r e

to

look at t h a t

k ind

there is nothing h ere that exceeds a

10

TH E COURT :

11

MR .

own e x pe r ie nc e s

an d we

ha v e

Okay .

LEV :

In a

non -invasiv e ,

n o n- t hr e a t en i n g

12

ma n n er and the r e s p o n se that was obt ained in the

13

comm un ity from those i n d i v i d u a l s

14

Ms .

15

could con tro l .

va n Va lkerburg ,

T h e plaintif f

16

17

pape r

18

t hat

19
20

i s

not anyth ing that my c l i ent

has n ' t s hown a

that has this con fiden t ial

asks

who already d is lik e

s ingle piece of
i n f o r ma t i o n in i t

or

th at any bad ac ts be comm itted .

T HE COURT:

Mr .

is t he 2 9 t

Cler k ,

of

Sept embe r

2 0 1 5 a weekday?

21

T HE CL ERK :

Tha t

22

T HE COURT :

T h a n k you .

23

T HE CLERK :

Afte r

't i l

i s ,

Jud ge .

he ar ing ,

Septem b er 29 t

24

ex t e n d e d

25

to the Clerk ' s o ff ic e ,

Thank you ,

we ' l l

Mr .

t h e o rder i s

201 5 .

Cl e r k .
now

If you ' l l

give you a

go o u t

c o p y of th e

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o rd er .

MR .

LEV :

Amendment

d ef end ant ,

Ju d g e ,

is sue and t h e

app el l a te

ex t en d ed to t h e
MR .

LE V :

I ' ll

th e

o r igi nal o r der?

l e a ve

t h at to yo ur

I 've ma d e my d e cisio n .

It 's

May I

a l so inquire of the Cour t

ab ou t

b e e n scheduled ?

Yo u c a n c hec k in Roo m 1 5 2 ,

t h at 's

with the He a ri n g Offic e .

MR .

13

T HE CLERK :
ne x t

LE V :

I n Roo m 1 5 2 .
As

yo u g o o u t

th e d o or ,

it 's

th e

o f f ice .

15

MR .

LE V :

16

MR .

SULL IVAN :

17

F irst

2105 d a t e .

T HE CL E RK :

12

14

of

t h e Magistr a t es h e a ri ng t h a t ' s

10
11

r ig hts .

be heard on t he

r e s t ri cti on s p la c e d up on t he

Co u n s e l ,

with in the s c op e

THE COURT :

ma y

Ok ay .
I 'l l

pr o vide Co un s el with t h e

do cu me n t .

18

THE COURT :

19

MR .

LE V :

O kay ,
I 'd j u s t

20

to

t he ex t e n sion o f

21

d en i a l

22

por ti on of t he o rd e r

23

r i ght to f re e

of

t h a n k yo u .
lik e

to o bjec t

o n th e

t he o rder an d to t h e Cou rts

the def e n d a nt ' s mo ti on to str ik e

24

T HE COURT :

25

MR .

LEV :

re c o rd

t h at a f f e c ts h i s

t he

First Amen dm en t

speech .
Objec t ions n o te d .
Thank y ou .

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THE COURT :

Thank you .

THE CLE RK :

O k ay ,

4
5

o ff i c e ,

h ea d

out

t o

the C l e r k 's

p lea s e .

THE COURT :

Th a n k you .

(C ourt ad journ ed at

9 : 4 5 a . m. )

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Ame nd ment ------------15
a nonymous-------------- 7
an yth ing ---- 3, 11, 12, 14

45 --------- -------------- -- 16

affects--------------------15
affidavit -e-v- a. 5, 6, 8, 11
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Commonwe alth ---- 3, 17

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attenda nce -------------- 3
Attorney -- 3, 4, 7, 10, 13
audio ---------------- 17, 18
August -------------------- 6
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background ------------ 17
back lash ------------------ 8
behest ------------------- 11
being---- ----------------- 11
believe -------------------- 4
between ------------------ 5
billing-------------------- 10
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blog --------- 9, 10, 12, 13

Bo st o n ------------ 1, 4, 18
both---------------------- 12
br ings -------------------- 13
but ---------------------- 6, 9
But -------------------- 4, 10
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ca lled --------- 3, 8, 10 , 11
CALLED-------------------- 2
campaign ----------------- 6

ca n ~- -~- - --- --- -- 3 , 5, 8, 15

Can ------------------------- 5
cas e ------------------l0,14
Catuogno -------l, 17, 18
cause -------------------- 13
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ce rta in------------------- 11
Certai nly ------------------ 4
ce rtificat e -------------- 17
certi fy ------------------- 18
chance -----------------4, 5
cha nnel ------------------- 7
chan nels --------------- 4, 7
characterize------------ 10
cha rge ------------------- 14
cha t -------------- 7, 10, 12
check -------------------- 15
Chelsea--------------- 3, 17
circle-- ------------------- 17
cia rifying------------------ 5
Clerk ------------- 4, 14, 16
CLERK---- 3, 4,14,15,16

c1 ie nt------- 7, 8, 9,1 2,1 4

coincide ------------------- 8
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COMMENTS------------ 17

co rnmlt -c-c-c-. -------- 13

co mmunication ---------5
commu nications ------ 11
comm unity ---------- 8, 14
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co nfidential ------------ 14
con flict s -------------------8
confronted ------------- 11
co nse q ue nces --------- 12
contact --------------- 7, 11
contain ------------------10
co ntinue ------------------6
co nti nue d ------------- 5,7
continues ----------------- 5
control-------------- 12, 14
contro lling-------------- 14
controversy -------------- 9
copy -------------- 4, 14, 17
CQ uld-- ----------------5, 14
crimes ---------------------8
criminal---------- 4, 12, 13
cross -----------------------7
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DEFENDANT--------------1

de fenda nts ------------- 10

denia l --------------------15
deny ---------------------- 13
DEPARTM ENT ----------- 1

desire ----------------------5
de ta iled ------------ 6, 8, 9
determ ine -------------- 11
did -------------------- ------ 9

different-----------7, 8, 10
DIRECT--------------------- 2

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directing----------------- 11
Directive ---------------- 18
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himse lf -------------------- 3
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girlfriend ---------------- 13
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o ther 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 17
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perpetrated -------------13
pe rson ------ 9, 11, 13, 14
pe rso nat -e- S. 6, 7, 9, 12
persons ------------------- 3
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phonetic--------------6, 11
photos -------------------- 6
ph ysica l------------- 11, 13
pict ure s-- ----------------- 7
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placed -------------------- 15
places --------------------- 6
please -----------------3, 16
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po lice---------------------- 4
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po sts --------------------- 10
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pre ------------------------- 5
prefer --------------------- 7
pr ior ----------------- 11, 12
pr ivate ------------------- 10
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proceed- --- ~-- --- -- --- --- 7
proceedings ------------ 18
produced ------------- --- 17
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proffer ---------------- ---- 7
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prov ide ------------------ 15
pr ovide d ---------4, 10, 18
prov iding ---------------- 11
public ------------- 7 , 8, 12
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punch -------------------- 1 1

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Re cor ding ---------------- 1
RECROSS ------------------ 2
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re lated to--------------- 18
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releasi ng ---------- -------- 8
remedies---------------- 13
re port -- -~- - --- --- --- -- - -- - 4
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re p re se nt ----------------- 8
represe ntation -------- 10
rep uta tion -------------- 12
respo nse ------------1 2, 14
restraining-s-- 3, 5,9,11,
12,13
re st rictio ns ------------- 15
resu lt ----------------- 4, 12
re sulted ------------------- 8
retrieved ---------------- 10
right ------ 3, 4, 12, 13, 15
rights -------------------- 15
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sco pe -------------------- 15
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- punishable by impriSO;lillen"i: or liil ':l or t;.(lth.

fj,. Il-lE COURT 1M3 ISSU~D THE FOLLOWING ORDEn S TO Tl-lf: D~r"~NDMJ , : (only 1/'05e items checked shall apply)
.e;- Th is Order was issued witho ut advance notice bec ause ihe Courl determined tha t mere is a substentiel tllcelibood of immediate danger 01abuse.
D This Order was communicated by telephone from Ihe Judge namedbelowto: Police Dept
Police Oihcer
i:!-r.""1~- YOU ARE O RDERED N OT TO f',BUSE TI-iE PLf\INTiR= by harming, threater anq or auempling to harm the P1Clinli ll physically' or by placing the Plainlifl II
fear of imminen t serious physical ha rm, or by using Iorcc. threat or dur ess (0 maxo the Plaintiil engag e in sexual relation s.
~"2 . vo u A RE ORDE RED NOT TO CO NT ACT THE PLf.'.INTlr-j=, in person, by tel ephone. in writinq, electronically or othe rwise. either dfrecuy or Ihrougl
yards from Ihe Plainlilf eve n if the Plain iifl seems to allow or request contact. The on ly exceptions to this orde
someone else. and to Si8Y at least , ':0
are : a) contact as permitted in Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 below ; or b) by sendi ng {he Ptaintilt, by mail, by snerll l or by other au thorized ottice r. cop ies 0 ,
pa pe rs filed with Ihe court when tha t is required by sta tute or court rule.
YOU t .RE OPoDERED T0 UYiMWlf.\TELV LE l\\fE i\ND STAY fWiAY FROM TBE PLL\jjWHFP$ RESiOEi'1C:=. except as permitted in Sections 8 and 1(
4 I Pl e a s ant S t . Ap t . ZL Bos to n . rna . UL IZ5 or whe rever else you m ay have rea son to kn ow Ih .
below. foca ted at
Plaintiff may reside . The Court also ORIJEP.S you (a) 10 surrender any keys to that re sidence to the Police; (b) not \0 damage any belongings 01 the Plaintil
or any o ther occupant; (c) not 10 shut o ff or cau se 10 be shut all any uti'ltie s or mail delive ry to Ihe Plaintiff and (el) no t to iruenere in any way wilh il l
Plainti!.L:sJight to possess that residence , except by appr opriate legal proceedings.
~,.. "r "fhi s box I; . check ed , the Co urt also OR DERS you 10 hrun edia telyleave and remain away from Ihe enlire apartment buildi ng or other multiple Iarnily
dwelling in which the Plain tiff's res ide nce is loca ted.
IJ;,....-~ YO U .~RE ORD ERE D TO STl\Y AWAY FROM THE.PL A1N1 JFF' S WO R!\P LJ,\C E loca ted alA.1-.tl!>dl~n t S t . ARt.-J L Bs>ston_.t......JIlQ_.
CJ 4h . YO U 1-\F1E ORDE RED TO STlW AWN,' t=FIOM 1"1-11: PI..J\INTIF::'S SCHOOL located at
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o 58 . THE COUnT ORD ERS that the Plaln titt's residential address not app ear on the orde r.
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50. TH:= COUR.T ORDI:R S that the Plaintill's workplace add ress nol app ear on the order.
n 5c . THE CO UF:T ORDEF1 S that tho Plaintiff's school address not appear on the Older.
LJ G. C USTODY O ~ T HE FOL LOW ING CHI L DRE N IS AW /-\ t=lDE D TO THE PLJ},If>\TIH::

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eithe r in person, by telep hone, in writing, elec tronica lly or oth erwis e. either directly or throug h someone else, and to stay at lea st ..
yard s away from
them un less you re ceive written permission from th e Court to do otherwis e.
[J You are also ordered 10 stay away from the followi ng scho ol(s), day carets). o the r:
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O. VISIT.IJ,TION WITH I HE CI-:lLDR Ei'l LIS I i::D Ii'! SECTION 5 IS PERM!TTED Oi'l L V AS FOL LOWS (mzy be ordered b y Probate end F~mily Court on ly):

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LJTransportation o f children 10and from this visitation is to be done by
o You may only con tact the Plai ntllt to arrange this visit ation . Contact may he made only by n phone, I.-' e-mail. r l text. n omer

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9_ YOU AR E ORDERED TO PAY SUPP O RT IN THE FOI_L OW ING M,~.i'lNE.R:

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ch ild suppo rt per
[weeklmonth) by income withholding through the Department 01Revenue. Deleroant 5hall send payments lo DOR al

P.O. Box 55144. Boston . MA 02205-5 144 until employer deductio ns begin.
child support per
lweeIVmonthl directly to the Plainliff by mailing payments to
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support lo r the Plaintill per
[weel;Jmonlh l directly 10the Plaintiff by mailing payments to

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C '10_ YOU 'NiJW P1Cf< UP YOUR PERSONAL BELO(\lGiN GS in Ihe company ol police at a lime agreed 10 by lhe PlainiiH.
U 1'1. VOIJ f .RE ORDERED TO COMP EI'JSATS THE PLf.\.Ii,rfl FF for $
in los ses sultered as a direct result of the abuse. 10 be paid in iull on or before
,20_ _ 0 by mailing directly 10 the Plaintilt 0 lhl'Ough the Probat ion Office of this Cou rt.
tfI-i2. ;1'I ~l'1E i!:.:' p, SU13STf..N\ITIAL L1 {~C: U H OOD Or- !!,.q~f.8)!ATE DANGER OF l\G ~Is;:, . Y ~U ,'\BE GPoDEFn::(\ T0If~iM~?I/';T[;I .'( SUri R:3.W)i:n to the
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Pollee Department or 10the police oftcer S/3IVIIlg ttus order all guns, arurnaruuon. qun lc enses and FID cards. '.'OUi
license 10 carry a gun, il any, and your F lO card. ii any, are suspe nded immedi<'l tely.
You must imme diately surrender the items listed above , and also comply with all -other Orders in this case.
Subject 10 certain exceptions, purchase andlor po ssession of a firearm allcl/or amm unition wll ile utis order is in sneer is [I Icoera t crime. 18 U.S.c. 922(g)(3)
and 92 5.
n '13 . Ol\l-fl-:I: NI:.)('"I'" SC l-l ~ I}ULl ~IJ rI EN-j f i ~ G D{.\-( E, tnc Court will hear testimony and other evidence reqardinq Section 9 01 ujs order, which involve s support for the
Plaintiff ann/or the mi nor children. You are hereby ordered to bring wiih you to tho next scheduled hearing dale any lil1{\i1ci031records in your possession (Inclu d ing
your most recent lax return and your last four paystubs) that provide e\llclenc~_ol your cULrenl income.
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O rd er (and Summons) , and make return or service to this Court. If this box is checked [ ,J , the following alternative service may ins tead
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@ .. .2 . Defe ndant Information Form accom panies this Order.
3. De fendan t has been served in hand by the Court's designee: Name
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F irea rm surrender orde r continued . TI1e items su rrende red under p eraqraph 12 wi ll NOT be returne d since doing so would present a Iikehhood 01abuse to
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BOSTO N M UNIC I PA L counr DE PT. O F TIlE T RIA L CO URT
Suffolk. SS.

Dorchester Divisilll]

CHELSEA VAN VALK ERBURG .

Plaintiff

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ERON G.lONI.
Defend ant
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DOCKET NO. 1-107ROll(,')

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NO T IC E OF" APPEA L

Notice is hereb y given that Eron Gjoni. the Defendant in the abo ve captioned matter.
here by appeals from the following orders of this Court:
I. Order dated Septembe r 16. 20 14. issuing an Abuse Prevention Order ex-pane.
including all evidentiary and legal rulings in connection therewith;
') Orde r date d September 30. 2014. extending the Abuse Prevention Order lor
one year. incl uding all evidentiary and legal rulings in connection therewith

Respectfully sub mitt ed,

Eron Gjoui, Defendant,
By his Auor ncy.
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BRO II 665236
Law Offices of D. Lev. PC
134 Main Street
Watertown, ivlA 02472
(6 17) 556-9990 office
(6 17) 830-0005 facsimile
d lev@lcv lnw.net

Dated: Octob er X. 2014

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CERT IFI CATE O F SEI{VIC E

I, Dmitry I.cv, counscl Iur the Defendant in the above-captioned maile r. hcrchy ccn i l'y
that on October S, 2014, I served the forego ing Notice of Appeal upon StC\CIl 1'. Su lliva n
and Steven Neyman. ano rncys for the Plaintiff. via postage-prepaid fi rst class mail.

Respec tfully submitted.

Eron Gjoni , Defendant,
By his Attorney.

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SHO # 665236
l.aw Olliees of D. Lev. I'C
134 Main Street
Watertown. M I\ 02472
(6 17) 556-9990 office
(617 ) S30-0lJ05 facsimile
d1c\'(i"(! levlaw.nct

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Dated: October 8. 20 14

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