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Cruz vs Ubiadas

CHITO M. CRUZ, complainant, vs. The Honorable ELIODORO G. UBIADAS, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 72, Olongapo City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1768 | 2004-05-24

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This administrative matter stems from a complaint[1] filed by Chito M. Cruz, Senior Deputy Administrator for Support Services of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), charging Honorable Eliodoro G. Ubiadas, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Olongapo City, Branch 72, with violation of Supreme Court Circular No. 20-95 tantamount to gross ignorance of the law.

The facts are as follows:

Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 1 recalling Richard Gordon's re-appointment as Chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA),[2] Felicito Payumo assumed the said position. His legal staff...