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Re: Anonymous Complaints against Hon. Dinah Evangeline B. Bandong, former Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 59, Lucena City, Quezon Province.

Re: Anonymous Complaints against Hon. Dinah Evangeline B. Bandong, former Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 59, Lucena City, Quezon Province. Present: SERENO, C.J, Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, DEL CASTILLO, JARDELEZA, and TIJAM,JJ

A.M. No. RTJ-17-2507 (formerly OCA IPI No. 14-4329-RTJ) | 2017-10-09

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
On April 16, 2013, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) received two letters-complaints, one from an anonymous sender1 (first letter-complaint) and the other under the pseudonym "Shirley Gomez"2 (second letter-complaint), both narrating the difficulties encountered by the employees of and litigants appearing before, the Regional Trial Court (HTC) of Lucena City, Branch 59 concerning then Presiding Judge Dinah Evangeline B. Bandong (Judge Bandong)
 
The first letter-complaint alleged, to wit: (1) Judge Bandong...