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JOSEPHINE JAZMINES TAN, PETITIONER, VS. JUDGE SIBANAH E. USMAN, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 28, CATBALOGAN CITY, SAMAR, RESPONDENT.

JOSEPHINE JAZMINES TAN, PETITIONER, VS. JUDGE SIBANAH E. USMAN, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 28, CATBALOGAN CITY, SAMAR, RESPONDENT.

[ A.M. No. RTJ-14-2390 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 12-3923-RTJ) | 0204-08-13

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before this Court is an administrative complaint[1] filed by Josephine Jazmines Tan (complainant) against Judge Sibanah E. Usman (respondent), Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Catbalogan City, Branch 28, Samar for bribery and corruption, relative to Civil Case No. 7681 and Criminal Case No. 6536.
 
Complainant is one of the plaintiffs and accused in Civil Case No. 7681 and Criminal Case No. 6536, respectively, then pending before Branch 28, presided by respondent. She claimed that relative to said cases, respondent was paid P250,000.00 by their opponent, a certain...