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Re: Anonymous Letter Complaint, Complainant, Vs. Judge Divina T. Samson, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Mabini-Pantukan, Compostela Valley, And Utility Worker Francisco M. Roque, Jr., Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Mabini-Pantukan, Compostela Valley, Respondents.

RE: ANONYMOUS LETTER COMPLAINT, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE DIVINA T. SAMSON, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, MABINI-PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY, AND UTILITY WORKER FRANCISCO M. ROQUE, JR., MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, MABINI-PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY, RESPONDENTS.

A.M. No. MTJ-16-1870 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 16-2833-MTJ) | 2017-06-06

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is an administrative complaint against respondent Judge Divina T. Samson of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Mabini-Pantukan, Compostela Valley for misconduct and against respondent Francisco M. Roque, Jr., a utility worker in the court of respondent Judge Samson, for dishonesty and falsification.

The facts are as follows:

On July 11,2013, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) received an anonymous letter-complaint[1] charging respondent Judge Divina T. Samson with misconduct for hiring co-respondent Francisco M. Roque, Jr. as Utility Worker I in her court despite knowing that...