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Atty. Manuel J. Jimenez, Jr. Vs. Presiding Judge Michael M. Amdengan, Municipal Trail Court, Angono Rizal

ATTY. MANUEL J. JIMENEZ, JR., Complainant, vs. JUDGE MICHAEL M. AMDENGAN, Presiding Judge, Municipal Trial Court, Angono, Rizal, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-12-1818 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 10-2265-MT J-P) | 2013-02-13




FIRST DIVISION

R E S O L U T I O N

SERENO, CJ.:

Complainant Atty. Manuel J. Jimenez, Jr. (complainant) is the lawyer and attorney-in-fact of Olivia G. Merced, the plaintiff in the ejectment case docketed as Civil Case No. 001-09. The case is pending before the Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Angono, Rizal, presided by respondent Judge Michael M. Amdengan (respondent judge).


The Facts of the Case

The plaintiff Merced filed with the MTC an ejectment Complaint against the defendant Nelson Cana on 23 January 2009. 1 Summons was duly served on the defendant on 02 February 2009 per certification of the lower court's process server.2 Despite the...