Autolino

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…