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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Oliver T. Villanueva

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR vs. JUDGE OLIVER T. VILLANUEVA, MCTC, Magalang-Mabalacat, Pampanga.

A.M. No. MTJ-96-1077 | 1997-09-18

R E S O L U T I O N


MELO, J.:

The Court En Banc under Item No. 90 of its agenda of September 9, 1997, referred this case to the Third Division for proper disposition.

The instant administrative case against respondent Judge Oliver T. Villanueva of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Mabalacat-Magalang, Pampanga, was initiated by a letter dated March, 1995 sent by an unnamed lawyer who nonetheless stated that if "an investigation has to be made Lawyers in Pampanga will cooperate."

Upon receipt of the letter, Deputy Court Administrator Reynaldo L. Suarez issued a memorandum dated April 11, 1995 forming a Judicial Audit Team "to conduct...