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Court Administrator vs. Antonio P. Paredes, et al.

THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant, vs. HON. ANTONIO P. PAREDES, ALEJANDRO BALITON, LUIS ROD SANTOS, FLORENCIA TOLENTINO, RIZALINA CANTORIA, and ANATOLIO ALONZO all of Branch X, Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila, respondents.

A.M. No. R-375-MTJ | 1987-09-30

R E S O L U T I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

On the basis of a newspaper item, published in the September 13, 1982 issue of Tempo, attributing various anomalies in the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila to the respondents, the Court on September 16, 1982 ordered justice Jaime R. Agloro and later Justice Vicente Y. Mendoza, both of the Court of Appeals to conduct a "preliminary" investigation of the matters cited in the news item.

On May 15, 1985, Justice Vicente V. Mendoza, while finding no evidence directly linking Judge Antonio P. Paredes to the irregularities, recommended the filing of specific charges against the respondents and the...