Simpson v. Burrows

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HUBEL, United States Magistrate Judge.

In this tort action by plaintiff V. Jo Anne Simpson against defendants Howard and Jean Burrows, husband and wife, 1 plaintiff brings claims of intimidation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and libel. 2 Plaintiffs claims are based on her allegations that defendants authored and distributed a series of letters addressed to various persons in Christmas Valley, Oregon. The letters, described more particularly below, were hostile to plaintiff, a lesbian, and expressed extreme animosity…