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Judge Marivic T. Balisi-Umali Vs. Sixto A. Penalosa,[1] Utility Worker, Regional Trial Court, San Pablo City, Branch 30

JUDGE MARIVIC T. BALISI-UMALI, complainant, vs. SIXTO A. PENALOSA,[1] Utility Worker, Regional Trial Court, San Pablo City, Branch 30, respondent.

A.M. No. P-99-1326 | 1999-11-18

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a letter to the Office of the Court Administrator dated May 20, 1998 and coursed through San Pablo City Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Bienvenido V. Reyes, herein complainant Judge Marivic T. Balisi-Umali, Presiding Judge of Branch 30 of the San Pablo City RTC, narrated how respondent Sixto A. Peñaloza, Utility Worker of the same RTC Branch, flagrantly undermined her authority as presiding judge.

Complainant's narration[2] follows:

"At about 11:10 o'clock in the morning of May 8, 1998, the Presiding Judge of this Court, Hon. Marivic T. Balisi-Umali was in the staff room correcting drafts of and...