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Judge Evelyn Gamotin Nery vs Mellardo Gomolo

JUDGE EVELYN GAMOTIN NERY, complainant, vs. MELLARDO C. GOMOLO, Process Server, MCTC, Opol-El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, respondent.

A.M. No. P-01-1508 | 2003-02-07

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In an office memorandum[1] dated 24 October 2000, Judge Evelyn Gamotin Nery of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Opol-El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, imposed a five-day suspension on respondent Mellardo Gamolo, Process Server of said court, for neglect of duty in the return of service of summons and for failure to comply with Judge Nery's memorandum[2] dated 11 October 2000 requiring him to show cause why he should not be administratively sanctioned for neglect of duty. The pertinent portions of the aforesaid memorandum[3] read:

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WHEREAS, MELLARDO C. GAMOLO, Process Server was required per...