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Datu Omar S. Sinsuat, et al. Vs. Judge Vicente A. Hidalgo etc.

DATU OMAR S. SINSUAT and MARIANO H. PAPS, Complainants, versus JUDGE VICENTE A. HIDALGO, Regional Trial Court, Branch 37, Manila, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-08-2133 (Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 05-2165-RTJ) | 2008-08-06

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

The administrative case against Judge Vicente A. Hidalgo (respondent) who, during the pendency of this case, retired[1] as presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 37, Manila has its beginnings from the receipt on November 17, 2003 by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) of a copy of a "Motion to Resolve Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration" filed by counsels for the defendants in Civil Case No. 03106921, "Nerwin Industries Corp. v. PNOC-Energy Development Corporation, et al.," herein complainants Attys. Datu Omar S. Sinsuat and Mariano H. Paps.

In their "Motion to Resolve...