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ERNESTO Z. ORBE, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE MANOLITO Y. GUMARANG, PAIRING JUDGE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, IMUS, CAVITE, RESPONDENT.

ERNESTO Z. ORBE, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE MANOLITO Y. GUMARANG, PAIRING JUDGE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, IMUS, CAVITE, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. MTJ-11-1792 [Formerly OCA I.P.I No. 10-2294-MTJ] | 2011-09-26

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERALTA, J.:

Before us is an administrative complaint[1] filed by complainant Ernesto Z. Orbe (Orbe) against Judge Manolito Y. Gumarang (respondent), Pairing Judge, Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Imus, Cavite for Violation of the Rule of Procedure for Small Claims Cases and the Code of Judicial Conduct.
 
The antecedent facts are as follows:
 
Orbe is the plaintiff of a small claims case docketed as Civil Case No. ICSCC 09-65 entitled E.Z. Orbe Tax Accounting Services, thru, Ernesto Z. Orbe v. L.G.M. Silver Star Credit Corporation, represented by Librado Montano, filed before the MTC of Imus, Cavite,...