GIL D. CAMACHO, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE LEILA M. DE LIMA, IN HER CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ANTI-…

BEFORE US is a petition for certiorari filed by petitioner, with application for the issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) and/or writ of preliminary injunction (WPI), assailing the issuances of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in I. S. No. 2006-817, to wit: (a) Joint Resolution^[1] dated January 21, 2011, denying the petition for review filed by the petitioner and directing the Office of the Chief State Prosecutor (OCSP), now the Office of the Prosecutor General, to cause the filing of the corresponding Information for violation of the Anti-Dummy Law against the petitioner conformable to the Resolutions dated March 15, 2007 and October 16, 2007 issued by the OCSP; and (b) Resolution^[2] dated May 22, 2013, denying petitioner’s motion for reconsideration.

Comment^[3] was filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on December 2, 2013, while petitioner’s reply^[4] was filed on February 12, 2014.

On October 22, 2014, the parties were directed^[5] to file their respective memorandum.

On November 10, 2014, petitioner’s application for the issuance of a TRO and/or WPI was denied^[6].

On December 17, 2014, the OSG filed its memorandum^[7], while petitioner asked for several extensions^[8] to file his memorandum, the last of which was filed on January 13, 2015.

On January 27, 2015, petitioner filed a motion to withdraw petition9 stating that there exists no compelling reason to maintain the instant petition; and that petitioner has opted to pursue his cause in Criminal Case No. R-PSY-13-07286-CR, before the Regional Trial Court, Pasay City. Petitioner prays that the petition be withdrawn sin perjucio.

WHEREFORE, petitioner’s motion to withdraw petition is GRANTED. The petition is DISMISSED at the instance of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED.

Dicdican, I. P., Chairperson, and Ybañez, E. A., JJ., concur.

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^[1] Rollo, pp. 42-52.

^[2] Rollo, pp. 53-60.

^[3] Rollo, pp. 285-352.

^[4] Rollo, pp. 751-75.

^[5] See Resolution dated October 22, 2014. rollo, p. 777.

^[6] See Resolution dated November 10, 2014, rollo, pp. 780-4.

^[7] Rollo, pp. 797-867.

^[8] See Motion for Additional Time (to file Memorandum) filed on December 19, 2014, rollo, pp. 873-5; Urgent Motion for Extension of Time filed on January 7, 2015, rollo, pp. 876-8; and Urgent Motion for Extension of Time filed on January 13, 2015, rollo, pp. 879-82.

^[9] Rollo, pp. 883-7.