Autolino v. Thomas CA4/1

Filed 5/22/25 Autolino v. Thomas CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLENE CONCEPCION D083390 AUTOLINO,

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 37-2023- v. 00048931-CU-HR-SC) KEITH THOMAS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Timothy R. Walsh, Judge. Affirmed. Keith Thomas, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant. Charlene Concepcion Autolino, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Respondent. Keith Thomas appeals a civil harassment restraining order entered against him for the protection of Charlene Concepcion Autolino. He argues the order is not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree. Hence we affirm.

I. Background On November 13, 2023, Autolino filed in the superior court a request for a civil harassment restraining order. The following facts are taken from her declaration in support of her request. She worked “in the field of reentry” and was the chair and a longtime member of the executive committee of the

San Diego Reentry Roundtable. In 2008 she served as PACT1 coordinator for the Chula Vista Police Department. In that capacity she met with parolees, and one of those parolees was Thomas. When she noticed one day that he had a gun in his backpack, she reported him to law enforcement agents and he was arrested. He was placed in Patton State Hospital after having been found incompetent to stand trial. After about a year and a half, his case was tried. During the course of the trial, he fired three public defenders and ultimately represented himself, including in cross-examining Autolino after she had “testified against him.” Ultimately he was convicted and incarcerated. In October 2020, Autolino received a call from an employee of the district attorney’s office, who said Thomas was requesting her home address in order that she might be served with papers relating to a claim that she had testified falsely against him. Then, on March 9, 2023, a month after Thomas had been released from prison, she received a call on her cell phone from an unidentified caller. The unidentified caller asked her several questions about the Rock Church and the San Diego Reentry Roundtable. When she inquired as to his identity, he