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Dorothy Fe Mah-Arevalo Vs. Elmer P. Mpe

DOROTHY FE MAH-AREVALO, Complainant, versus ELMER P. MAPE, Legal Researcher III, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte Respondent.

A.M. No. P-09-2622 (A.M. OCA IPI No. 08-2814-P) | 2009-04-07

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We resolve the present administrative matter, which involves charges and countercharges between two members of the staff of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte.

The Factual Background

In a letter to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) dated January 8, 2006, Dorothy Fe Mah-Arevalo (complainant), Court Stenographer III of the RTC, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte, accused Elmer P. Mape (respondent), Legal Researcher III of the same court, of gross ignorance of the law and incompetence relative to Special Proceeding Case No. 0239-PN, entitled Maria Mae Tordillo v. Nah Kok Sun.[1] The...