CHERRY MAE CELESTINE, v. THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OFTAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY SECOND DIVISION CHERRY MAE CELESTINE, Petitioner, -versus- CTA CASE N0.10220 THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, Respondent. x-------------------------------------x ORDER During today's pre-trial conference, again, only counsels for the respondent, Associate Solicitor Jan Vincent S. Soliven and Associate Solicitor Doreen Grace Fermin appeared and again counsel for petitioner did not appear despite due notice. Considering that the petitioner had failed to file the Pre-Trial Brief and had failed to thrice appear in Pre-Trial Conference, the motion to have the case dismissed, of the respondent, is hereby GRANTED on the strength of Rule 18 of the 2019 Rules of Procedure. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, Philippines, March 13, 2025. ~. ~ --}'---_ MA. BELEN M. RINGPIS-LIBAN Associate Justice MARIA ROW C~~-~ES Associate Justice