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Prosecutor Angelito V. Lumabas vs. Judge Emmanuel G. Banzon.

PROSECUTOR ANGELITO V. LUMABAS, Complainant, versus JUDGE EMMANUEL G. BANZON, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT OF MARIVELES, BATAAN, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1421 | 2005-08-18

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D E C I S I O N 

AZCUNA, J.: 

This is an administrative complaint filed by Angelito V. Lumabas against Judge Emmanuel G. Banzon.[1] Lumabas is a prosecutor assigned to the sala of Judge Banzon. In an Affidavit Complaint,[2] Lumabas alleged the following: 

On August 17, 2000, Prosecutor Lumabas was feverish and asked his wife to inform the office and the Clerk of Court of the Municipal Trial Court of Mariveles, Bataan that he would not be able to report for work and to inform Judge Banzon of the same. On the same date, the court in six orders, acknowledged the advice of absence, but in Criminal Case No. 00-6642/43,...