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ROBERTA S. SALDARIEGA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ELVIRA D.C. PANGANIBAN, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 227, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, QUEZON CITY AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

ROBERTA S. SALDARIEGA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ELVIRA D.C. PANGANIBAN, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 227, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, QUEZON CITY AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 211933 & 211960 | 2015-04-15

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERALTA, J.:

Before us is a special civil action for certiorari[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, dated April 21, 2014 filed by Roberta S. Saldariega (petitioner), through counsel, assailing the Order dated June 14, 2013 issued by respondent Presiding Judge Elvira D.C. Panganiban, which granted the motion to reopen Criminal Case Nos. Q-1 1-173055 and Q-1 1-173056, for allegedly having been issued with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.
 
The facts of the case, as culled from the records, are as follows:
 
On November 8, 2011, the Office of the City...