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Atty Reynaldo Marquez vs Judge Arcadio Manigbas, MTCC, Lipa City

ATTY. REYNALDO Q. MARQUEZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE ARCADIO I. MANIGBAS, MTCC, LIPA CITY, respondent.

A.M. No. 97-9-94-MTCC | 1999-12-08

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

JUDGE ARCADIO I. MANIGBAS of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Lipa City, is charged by Atty. Reynaldo Q. Marquez of violating the Code of Judicial Conduct allegedly for: (a) allowing his wife, Atty. Isabelita Bathan-Manigbas, to appear in his sala where she has at least twenty (20) pending cases; (b) undue delay in the resolution of Civil Case No. 94-2665; and, (c) maneuvering the designation of Judge Norberto P. Mercado to be his Assisting Judge.

Asserting his innocence, Judge Manigbas explains that it was inevitable that the cases handled by his wife be lodged in his sala considering that the...