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Cecilia Gadrinab Senarlo Vs. Judge Maximo G.W. Paderanga, etc.

CECILIA GADRINAB SENARLO, Complainant, versus jUDGE MAXIMO G.W. PADERANGA, RTC, BRANCH 38, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondent

A.M. No. RTJ-06-2025 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 06-2472-RTJ) | 2010-04-05

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Before the Court is an administrative Complaint[1] filed by complainant Cecilia Gadrinab Senarlo (Senarlo) against Judge Maximo G.W. Paderanga (Judge Paderanga), Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 38, Cagayan de Oro City, for gross ignorance of the law, knowingly rendering unjust judgment, and grave abuse of authority, relative to Civil Case No. 2005-160, captioned Lorna Cabarrubias Bacalzo, represented by Cecilia Gadrinab Senarlo v. The Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church of Cagayan de Oro City.

The facts of the case, as culled from the records, are as follows:

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