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Rodriguez, et al. vs. The Honorable Presiding Judge, et al.

EDUARDO TOLENTINO RODRIGUEZ and IMELDA GENER RODRIGUEZ, Petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA - BRANCH 17, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, represented by the Philippine Department of Justice, and DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157977 | 2006-02-27



EN BANC
D E C I S I O N 

QUISUMBING, J.: 

Before us is a special civil action for certiorari and prohibition directed against the Orders dated May 7, 2003[1] and May 9, 2003[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 17 in Case No. 01-190375, which cancelled the bail of petitioners and denied their motion for reconsideration, respectively. 

The case stemmed from the petition for extradition filed on March 12, 2001 by the Government of the United States of America (US government) through the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the petitioners. 

After their arrest, petitioners applied for bail which the trial court...