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Atty. Sambajon vs. Public Attorney's Office

ATTY. MELITA S. RECTO-SAMBAJON, PETITIONER, VS. PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 197745 | 2017-09-06

DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
This Petition for Review on Certiorari seeks to reverse and set aside the 25 May 2011 Decision[1] and the 13 July 2011 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 117768, reversing the 17 May 2010[3] and 11 January 2011[4] Resolutions of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and finding Atty. Melita S. Recto-Sambajon (Atty. Recto-Sambajon) guilty of Grave Misconduct and of Being Notoriously Undesirable.
 
THE FACTS

On 17 June 2009, Chief Public Attorney Persida V. Rueda-Acosta (Chief Acosta) summoned petitioner Atty. Recto-Sambajon due to the latter's reaction to her reassignment from...