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Court Case Calendar and Assignment

The document discusses rules for managing court calendars and assigning cases in court. It states that the clerk of court, under the judge's supervision, must keep a calendar of cases for pre-trial, trial, adjourned or postponed cases, and cases with motions to be heard. Certain types of important cases like habeas corpus must be given preference. Cases are assigned exclusively by raffle in an open session with adequate notice to allow interested parties to be present.

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Court Case Calendar and Assignment

The document discusses rules for managing court calendars and assigning cases in court. It states that the clerk of court, under the judge's supervision, must keep a calendar of cases for pre-trial, trial, adjourned or postponed cases, and cases with motions to be heard. Certain types of important cases like habeas corpus must be given preference. Cases are assigned exclusively by raffle in an open session with adequate notice to allow interested parties to be present.

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Rule 20

CALENDAR OF CASES
Section 1. Calendar of cases. The clerk of court, under the
direct supervision of the judge, shall keep a calendar of cases
for pre-trial, for trial, those whose trials were adjourned or
postponed, and those with motions to set for hearing. Preference
shall be given to habeas corpus cases, election cases, special
civil actions, and those so required by law. (1[a], R22)

The clerk of court has a calendar of cases cases for pre-trial, trial cases,
which were postponed. When will be the continuation of the trial? May
scheduling yan eh. Of course, the law says, preference shall be given to
certain type of cases like habeas corpus. It is very important because that
involves the freedom of an individual.
Sec. 2. Assignment of cases. The assignment of cases to the
different branches of a court shall be done exclusively by raffle.
The assignment shall be done in open session of which adequate
notice shall be given so as to afford interested parties the
opportunity to be present. (7a, R22)

For example, in Davao City, there are more than 10 branches. Now, when
you file a case, how will we determine whether the case will be assigned to
Judge Malcampo or Judge Quitain or Judge Torres? Raffle yan. Niraraffle yan.
I remember the ordinary raffling day in Davao City is every Tuesday. They
raffle the cases. All representatives of the different branches are there and
then they have a system of raffling. Which case will go to you? Para hindi ka
makapili. So, that is how cases are assigned.
So, pagraffle ng kaso, there should be adequate notice to the parties. This
is one section where the clerk of court had a hard time applying it. Do you
know why?
Because the present practice, pagfile mo ng kaso, they will immediately
raffle it and then i-assign na sa branch. The branch clerk of court will now
issue the summons. Meaning, by the time it reaches the defendant,
nakaassign na. Suppose the defendant will object, When that raffling was
done, I was not notified. I will question the raffle because it would seem that
the requirement is that the plaintiff and the defendant should be notified of
the raffling. Yaan!

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