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Office of the Administrator Vs. Judge Raymundo D. Lopez and Edgar M. Tutaan, former Presiding Judge and Clerk of Court, repestively, MTC, Palo, Leyte

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. JUDGE RAYMUNDO D. LOPEZ and EDGAR M. TUTAAN, former Presiding Judge and Clerk of Court, respectively, Municipal Trial Court, Palo, Leyte, Respondents.

A.M. No. MTJ-11-1790 | 2013-12-11

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

CARPIO,J.:

The Case

This administrative case arose from a Memorandum dated 20 July 2011 submitted by an audit team of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), reporting on the judicial audit conducted in the Municipal Trial Court, Palo, Leyte (trial court). 1

The Facts

On 31 May 2011 and 1 June 2011, the OCA audit team conducted a judicial audit in connection with the compulsory retirement on 15 March 2011 of Judge Raymundo D. Lopez (Judge Lopez), former presiding judge of the trial court.

The audit team examined all pending cases as of 31 May 2011, and cases disposed during the...