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Spouses Trefil And Lina A. Umale vs. Judge Nicolas V. Fadul, Jr..

SPOUSES TREFIL AND LINA A. UMALE, Complainants, versus JUDGE NICOLAS V. FADUL, JR., MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, PAGSANJAN, LAGUNA, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-06-1660 (formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 04-1519-MTJ) | 2006-11-30

FIRST DIVISION
 
RESOLUTION 
 
CALLEJO, SR., J.: 
 
The instant administrative matter stemmed from the Complaint[1] filed by the spouses Trefil and Lina Umale, charging Judge Nicolas V. Fadul, Jr., Municipal Trial Court, Pagsanjan, Laguna, with serious neglect of duty, partiality, and gross ignorance of the law. 
 
The antecedents, as well as the allegations in the complaint, are summarized by Executive Judge Maryann E. Corpus-Manalac, Regional Trial Court, Santa Cruz, Laguna (to whom the case was assigned for investigation, report and recommendation) as follows: 
 
The complaint stemmed from...