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Saipan, CNMI – — On October 16th, the Supreme Court denied Appellant John Sablan Pangelinan’s motion to stay the mandate in Pangelinan v. Pangelinan. 2024 MP 5 for the purpose of reconsidering a denial of a petition for rehearing. The Supreme Court took the opportunity to clarify the standards for when invoking a discretionary motion for stay of mandate under NMI Supreme Court Rule 41(d)(1). Emphasizing that non-certiorari reasons for granting a stay of mandate are disfavored, the Supreme...

(From left) Justice John A. Manglona, Law Clerk Katrina Carney, Law Clerk Chandler Farquhar, Law Clerk Kate Eckrote, Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro and Justice Perry B. Inos. Saipan, CNMI – —The Supreme Court is pleased to announce the swearing-in of three new law clerks: Katherine Eckrote, Katrina Carney, and Chandler Farquhar. The ceremony took place on October 14, 2025 in the Supreme Court courtroom, where each clerk took an oath of office. As law clerks, they will assist the justices...

Saipan, CNMI – On October 14, 2025, the Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s order granting Long Feng Corporation and Guo Wu Li’s Rule 41(b) motion to dismiss. The dismissal was based on the appellants’ failure to prosecute their case. The dispute began in March 2018, when DS Corporation and Dae Sun Eo filed a lawsuit seeking to evict Long Feng Corporation and Guo Wu Li from a commercial building. However, by December 2022, the case had stalled significantly. The trial court ordered...