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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Amelita D.R. Benedicto, et al.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR (OCA), complainant, vs. RTC JUDGE AMELITA D.R. BENEDICTO and ATTY. EVA G. BASIYA-SARATAN, Clerk, of Court V, RTC, Branch 32 Iloilo City, respondents.

A.M. No. 96-5-176-RTC | 1998-09-25

D E C I S I O N
 
QUISUMBING, J.:
 
In a sworn letter-complaint[1] addressed to this Court through the Court Administrator, dated March 8, 1990, Atty. Antonio Guerrero charges Judge Adriano Villamor of the Regional Trial Court at Naval, Sub-Province of Biliran, Leyte, Branch 16, with serious misconduct, ignorance of the law, knowingly rendering an unjust judgment, misfeasance, malfeasance and neglect of duty for issuing an Order[2] dated December 11, 1987 declaring the complainant and one George Carlos guilty of direct contempt.

In a separate verified complaint, involving exactly the same incident, George Carlos also charges...