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Attys. Jose Joson and Anthony Po vs Judge Belen Ortiz

ATTYS. JOSE B. JOSON and ANTHONY L. PO, petitioners, vs. JUDGE BELEN B. ORTIZ, MeTC-Br. 49, Caloocan City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1448 | 2004-03-25

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:

Attys. Jose B. Sison and Anthony L. Po, counsel for the plaintiff in Civil Case No. 00-25537, "Perlinda Lim Yeung and Yeung Yan Seu v. Salvador Brecilla," for ejectment and damages before the Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 53, Caloocan City (MeTC-Br. 53), in their verified Complaint dated 15 March 2001 charged respondent Judge Belen B. Ortiz, Presiding Judge, MeTC-Br. 49, Caloocan City, and Pairing Judge of MeTC-Br. 53 of the same court, with Gross Inefficiency and Violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, particularly Rules 3.08 and 3.09 thereof.

Specifically, complainants alleged that -

(a) Respondent...