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Jesusa Santiago vs Judge Eduardo Jovellanos, et al

JESUSA M. SANTIAGO, complainant, vs. JUDGE EDUARDO U. JOVELLANOS, MCTC Alcala-Bautista, Pangasinan; ADORACION R. MARCOS, Clerk of Court, MCTC Alcala-Bautista, Pangasinan; and CELESTINA B. CORPUZ, Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, respondents. / MARGARITA SANCHEZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE EDUARDO U. JOVELLANOS, MCTC, Alcala-Bautista, Pangasinan, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1289 | 2000-08-01

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

For resolution are (1) the verified complaint dated September 9, 1996, earlier docketed as A.M. OCA IPI No. 96-216-MTJ, against Judge Eduardo U. Jovellanos, presiding judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Alcala-Bautista, Pangasinan, Adoracion R. Marcos, clerk of court of said MCTC, and Celestina Corpuz, clerk of court of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Urdaneta, Pangasinan for "ignorance or blatant defiance of the law, grave abuse of authority/discretion, gross misrepresentation/falsification and/or acts inimical to the service," and (2) the verified complaint dated January 9, 1997,...