The Family Abuse Protection Act is Oregon’s standard restraining order law. If a person violates that restraining order, that person faces up to six months of jail for each violation. Mr. Walsh’s client was accused of violating such an order. Specifically, he was accused of violating the order by sending a message by Facebook messenger. However, the terms of the restraining order allowed Mr. Walsh’s client to send and receive communications through email and text messages. The prosecutor felt that since Mr. Walsh’s client used a service that was not technically an email nor a text message, that he should face six months of jail. At the hearing Mr. Walsh argued that there was no material difference between using Facebook messenger and using any email service. Mr. Walsh prevailed, and his client was acquitted of the allegation.