JEANE CATHERINE NAPOLES v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY SECOND DIVISION JEANE CATHERINE NAPOLES, CTA CASE NO. 9354 Petitioner, -versus- COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X ORDER When this case was called for pre-trial , only counsels for respondent , Attys. Nina Suzette M. Mendoza & Clarissa V. Babaran , appeared . Counsel for petitioner failed to appear despite due notice. Upon motion of respondent's counsels , on the ground that the pre-trial of this case was reset several times at the instance of petitioner's counsel , and for failure of petitioner's counsel to appear at today's pre-trial despite notice, the case in caption is hereby DISMISSED, without prejudice (Section 5, Rule 18 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended) . As regards petitioner's "Urgent Motion to Suspend Proceedings" filed only today, the same is hereby rendered moot and academic in view of the above dismissal. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, Philippines, February 16, 2017. (On official business) JUANITO C. CASTANEDA, JR. 4_ Associate J~ ustic- e ~ ~- L__ CAESAK'CASANOVA MA. BELEN M. RINGPIS-LIBAN Associate Justice Associate Justice/Substitute Member (On official business) CATHERINE T. MANAHAN Associate Justice