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Jesusa Odonel Genil vs Judge Rogaciano Y. Rivera, Municipal Trial Court, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental

JESUSA ODONEL GENIL, Complainant, vs. JUDGE ROGACIANO Y. RIVERA, Municipal Trial Court, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-06-1619 [formerly OCA IPI No. 04-1556-MTJ] | 2006-01-23


EN BANC

D E C I S I O N 


CARPIO MORALES, J.: 

Judge Rogaciano Y. Rivera (respondent) of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental is the subject of two letter-complaints[1] filed on September 11, 2003 before the Office of the Chief Justice by Jesusa Odonel Genil (complainant), barangay captain of Amio, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. 

The events which spawned the filing of the complaint against respondent are related by complainant as follows: 

On May 30, 2003, one of complainant's constituents, Nancy Silfaban (Nancy), filed before the MTC of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental two criminal complaints...