Wash. Supreme Court published opinion — 1012055.pdf

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recalls Rivard said she and her children would have to move out of the house in three

days. Rivas claims Guizar received a civil infraction for nuisance, unrelated to the

CFRHP. But Guizar recalls the landlord told her she “would have to move out of

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the house, because otherwise he would get in trouble with the police,” and police

followed up with her afterward and reiterated that she had to move out. 2 CP at 826.

The family moved out to “compl[y] with the Code Enforcement Officer’s [Rivard’s]

orders.” Id. at 827. They were able to move in with a friend, where Guizar and her

three children had to share a single room.

Eliseo Vargas

Eliseo Vargas lived alone in a rental house in Sunnyside. When his daughter

visited, police came to his home with a warrant and arrested her. Vargas recalls

Rivas returning two days later to tell him he could no longer live there. His landlord

said he had to leave the house in a month and “she had to ask [him] to leave because

the police told her to.” Id. at 791. He never received a notice of eviction, but a

police officer came to check if he was still there on the day of the one-month

deadline. Vargas left, and he slept many nights in his truck. He was not able to find

housing in Sunnyside and had to move to Prosser.

Yvonne Chagolla and family

Yvonne Chagolla and her family were living in a rental home when Rivas

responded to a domestic violence call. There were no criminal charges against either

Chagolla or her husband for that incident, but according to Chagolla, Rivas told them

“there had been too many domestic violence reports coming from [their] house” and