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SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED VOLUME 315 02/06/2018, 12)37 PM

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Suarez vs. Salazar
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G.R. No. 139281. September 29, 1999.

SPOUSES ROMUALDO and NORA SUAREZ, petitioners,


vs. ARSENIO SALAZAR, et al., respondents.

Criminal Law; Contempt; Atty. Filemon A. Manangan who is in


reality Andres Culamag is declared guilty of indirect contempt of the
Court.·Considering respondentsÊ „Motion to Expunge All Pleadings
Filed by Atty. Filemon A. Manangan with Motion to Hold Him in
Contempt of Court and to Dismiss the Petition‰ and said Atty.
MananganÊs admission at the hearing this morning, September 29,
1999, that he is not a lawyer entitled to practice law in the
Philippines, and that he is the same „Filemon A. Manangan‰ who
was found by this Court in G.R. No. 82760 (Filemon Manangan v.
Court of First Instance of Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 28) decided on
August 30, 1990, to be in reality Andres Culanag who is not a
member of the Philippine Bar, but despite these facts he has
continued to misrepresent himself to be an attorney-at-law and has
appeared as counsel for petitioners in this case, Atty. Filemon A.
Manangan, who is in reality Andres Culanag, is hereby declared
guilty of indirect contempt of this Court.

MOTION to Expunge All Pleadings Filed by Atty. Filemon


A. Manangan with Motion to Hold Him in Contempt of
Court and to Dismiss Petition.

The facts are stated in the resolution of the Court.

RESOLUTION

Considering respondentsÊ „Motion to Expunge All Pleadings


Filed by Atty. Filemon A. Manangan with Motion to Hold

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Him in Contempt of Court and to Dismiss the Petition‰ and


said Atty. MananganÊs admission at the hearing this
morning, September 29, 1999, that he is not a lawyer
entitled to practice law in the Philippines, and that he is
the same „Filemon A. Manangan‰ who was found by this
Court in G.R. No. 82760

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* SECOND DIVISION.

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VOL. 315, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 503


Arquero vs. Mendoza

(Filemon Manangan v. Court of First Instance of Nueva


Vizcaya, Branch 28) decided on August 30, 1990, to be in
reality Andres Culanag who is not a member of the
Philippine Bar, but despite these facts he has continued to
misrepresent himself to be an attorney-at-law and has
appeared as counsel for petitioners in this case, Atty.
Filemon A. Manangan, who is in reality Andres Culanag, is
hereby declared guilty of indirect contempt of this Court.
Wherefore, he is hereby sentenced to three (3) months
imprisonment to be served at the Headquarters of the
National Bureau of Investigation, Taft Avenue, Manila,
until further orders from this Court.
SO ORDERED.

Bellosillo (Chairman), Mendoza and Quisumbing,


JJ., concur.

Respondent declared guilty of indirect contempt and


sentenced to three (3) months imprisonment.

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