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Patdu, Jr. vs. Carpio-Morales [DECISION]

ILDEFONSO TV PATDU, JR., REBECCA S. CACATIAN, AND GERONIMO V. QUINTOS, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES, IN HER CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE-OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 230171 | 2021-09-27

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
This petition for review on certiorari[2] assails the August 4, 2016 Resolution[3] and February 21, 2017 Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 146382. The CA resolutions dismissed a petition for certiorari, which assailed the August 4, 2014 Resol it ion and March 17, 2015 Joint Order of respondent Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) in OMB-C-C-08-0201-E, for lack of jurisdiction. The OMB Resolution[5] and Joint Order[6] found probable cause for the filing of criminal cases for violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act...