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FR. REYES v. SEC. GONZALESG.R. No. 182161 / DEC 3, 2009 / Leonardo-De Castro, J. / Right to ra!e" - Li#itation

N$%RE PETITION for review on certiorari of the decision andresolution

of the Court of Appeals&E''(NER Fr. Robert ReyesRE)&(NDEN CA !O" #ec. Raul $on%ales &ureau of I''i(ration and

!eportation Co''issioner )arcelino *ibanan

SUMMARY . *o"d De+artre (rder No. as issed the D(J,+rohiiting +etitioner ro# "ea!ing the ontr in the interest o nationa"serit and +"i saet. Des+ite the RC4s +ronone#ent dis#issing+etitioner o the harge o ree""ion de to "a5 o +roa"e ase, hisna#e as not re#o!ed ro# the "ist *o"d De+artre List on grond o a+ending otion or Reonsideration 7"ed the +"i res+ondent.&etitioner 7"ed or the issane o a rit o a#+aro, on the grond thatres+ondents !io"ated his onstittiona" right to tra!e". he )C r"ed that+etitioner4s right to "iert/tra!e" had not een !io"ated and that the+ri!i"ege o the rit o a#+aro as not a++"ia"e to his ase.DOCTRINE. Restrition on right to tra!e" as a res"t o a +ending ri#ina"ase is not n"a" and ths not a !a"id grond to in!o5e issane o rito $#+aro.

FACTS.

• &etitioner as a#ong those arrested in the ani"a &enins"a *ote" siege on

No!e#er 30, 200.

• (n Dee#er 1, 200, +on the re:est o the D'LG, res+ondent D(J

)eretar Ra" Gon;a"es issed *o"d De+artre (rder <*D(= No. ordering res+ondent Co##issioner o '##igration to in"de in the *o"dDe+artre List o the >rea o '##igration and De+ortation <>'D= thena#e o +etitioner and 9 others re"ati!e to the aore#entioned ase inthe interest o nationa" serit and +"i saet.

• (n Dee#er 13, 200, the RC issed an (rder dis#issing the harge orRee""ion against +etitioner and 1 others or "a5 o +roa"e ase.

• (n Dee#er 18, 200, +etitioner4s onse" $tt. ?raniso L. Cha!e;

rote the D(J )eretar re:esting the "iting o *D( No. in !ie o the dis#issa" o Cri#ina" Case No. 0-3126.

• (n Janar 3, 2008, +etitioner 7"ed the instant +etition "ai#ing thatdes+ite the dis#issa" o the ree""ion ase against +etitioner, *D( No. sti"" ssists@ that e!er ti#e +etitioner o"d +resent hi#se" at theN$'$ or his Aights aroad, he stands to e detained and interrogated

>'D oBers ease o the ontined in"sion o his na#e in the *o"dDe+artre List@ and that the )eretar o Jstie has not ated on hisre:est or the "iting o *D( No. .

• &etitioner 7"ed or +etition or a rit o a'paro  on the grond thatres+ondents !io"ated +etitioner4s onstittiona" right to tra!e". &etitionerarges that the D(J )eretar has no +oer to isse a *o"d De+artre(rder <*D(= and the set *D( No. has no "ega" asis sineCri#ina" Case No. 0-3126 has a"read een dis#issed.

• Res+ondents arged that the isse o the onstittiona"it o the D(J

)eretar4s athorit to isse ho"d de+artre orders nder D(J Cir"arsNos. 1 and 18 is not ithin the a#it o a rit o a'paro.

•  he C$ rendered the assai"ed Deision dis#issing the +etition and dening

the +ri!i"ege o the rit o a'paro.

ISSUE & RATIO.Whether or not petitioner’s right to liberty has been violated orthreatened with violation by the issuance of the subject HDO,which would entitle him to the privilege of the writ of amparo. –O.

 he ri(ht to travel reers to the right to #o!e ro# one +"ae toanother. $ +erson4s right to tra!e" is set to the sa" onstraintsi#+osed the !er neessit o saegarding the sste# o stie. 'n

sh ases, hether the ased sho"d e +er#itted to "ea!e the risdition or h#anitarian reasons is a #atter o the ort4s sonddisretion.F

*ere, the restrition on +etitioner4s right to tra!e" as aonse:ene o the +enden o the ri#ina" ase 7"ed against hi# asnot n"a". &etitioner has a"so ai"ed to esta"ish that his right to tra!e"as i#+aired in the #anner and to the etent that it a#onted to a serios!io"ation o his right to "ie, "iert and serit, or hih there eists noreadi" a!ai"a"e "ega" reorse or re#ed.

DECISION.&etition dis#issed. C$ deision aBr#ed.

NOTES. he A'paro R"e in its +resent or# is on7ned to these to instanes o etra"ega" 5i""ingsF and enored disa++earanes,F or to threats thereo.