Republic of the Philippines

COURT OF APPEALS
Manila

MARIANO P. FLORES,
Plaintiff,

-vs- SPEC. PROC NO. ___________

For: INDIRECT CONTEMPT
ATTY. YOLANDA MERU,
Defendant.
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MOTION TO LITIGATE AS PAUPER

Plaintiff, by himself and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully

states that:

1) Petitioner is an indigent within the meaning of Section 21, Rule

3 of the Rules of Court 1 considering that the gross income taken
together with that of their immediate family do not exceed an
amount double the monthly minimum wage of an employee
and that no real properties having a fair market value of more
than Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php300, 000.00) is
registered under their name;

2) To prove his indigency, the following documents are submitted for

the consideration of this Honorable Court, to wit:

a) Certification from the Municipal Assessor’s Office of stating

that he has no real property2;

b) Certification from the Business Permit and License Office

stating that he has no business3;

1 Section 21, Rule 3, 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.

2 The original copy of which is attached hereto as Annex “A”.

3 The original copy of which is attached hereto as Annex “B”.

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c) Barangay Certification of Indigency4;

d) Affidavit of Indigency executed by petitioner5; and

e) The Joint Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons in

attestation of petitioners’ indigency6

3. By virtue of the foregoing, Mariano P. Flores respectfully pray that

he be allowed to litigate as pauper and he be exempted to pay the
docket and other legal fees relative to the filing of his complaint with
this Honorable Court pursuant to Section 19, Rule 141 of the Rules
of Court7.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed of

this Honorable Court that the petitioner be allowed to litigate as pauper.

City of Manila, July 15, 2020.

MARIANO P. FLORES
Petitioner

4 The original copy of which is attached hereto as Annex “C”.

5 The original copy of which is attached hereto as Annex “D”.

6 The original copy of which is attached hereto as Annex “E”.

7 Section 19, Rule 141, Revised Rules of Court, as amended.

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