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Teodora A. Ruiz Vs. Judge Rolando G. How.

TEODORA A. RUIZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ROLANDO G. HOW, RTC-BR. 257, PARA?AQUE CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1805 | 2003-10-14

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

Complainant Teodora A. Ruiz, Court Stenographer III, RTC-Br. 257, Parañaque City, in a verified letter-complaint dated 14 January 2002 addressed to Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr., and referred by this Court to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) for appropriate action, charged her Presiding Judge, respondent Judge Rolando G. How with oppression, grave abuse of authority and gross ignorance of the law.

Teodora A. Ruiz narrated that on 6 July 2001 respondent Judge confronted her about an anonymous complaint filed before the Supreme Court and accused her of being its author. From then on...