(Note: This brief is a best effort by a non-attorney (in Philippines or anywhere else). It also is just "in case", "if ever" needed. It's unlikely to ever be needed, one would hope. But, multiple people brought this possibility to me, so I will save this in case I need it in a hurry, to challenge some ridiculous attempt to further subvert the Philippine judicidial system. The facts it relies on have not yet come to pass, and hopefully never will. Jim Watkins has not refiled and has not done forum shopping to my knowledge as of 13 June 2020. Thus, why there are XXX's.)
Petitioner Jim Watkins continues to further constipate a constipated court system with his frivolous citizenship petitions which are utterly devoid of merit. This behavior, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, is extraordinarily reckless. Why should petitioner Watkins get two cases in Court, after withdrawing his first, when many Filipinos have not even been heard once on much more urgent petitions?
As the Supreme Court has