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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Hon. Tibing A. Asaali

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus HON. TIBING A. ASAALI, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Zamboanga City, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-06-1991 | 2009-06-05

DECISION


CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This administrative case arose from a Memorandum dated 28 May 2004 submitted by an audit team of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), reporting on the judicial audit conducted on the Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Zamboanga City (trial court).

The Facts

From 18 to 28 August 2002, a judicial audit was conducted by the OCA audit team on the trial court presided by Judge Tibing A. Asaali (Judge Asaali). In a Memorandum dated 28 May 2004, then Deputy Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock[1] (Lock) directed Judge Asaali to:


I. EXPLAIN within ten (10) days from notice why you shall not be...