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Anonymous Complaint vs. Presiding Judge Dagala [DECISION]

ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT, COMPLAINANT, VS. PRESIDING JUDGE EXEQUIL L. DAGALA, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, DAPA-SOCORRO, DAPA, SURIGAO DEL NORTE, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. MTJ-16-1886 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 16-2869-MTJ) | 2017-07-25

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This administrative case arose from an anonymous letter-complaint[1] filed against Judge Exequil L. Dagala (Judge Dagala), presiding judge, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Dapa-Socorro, Dapa, Surigao Del Norte, filed before the Office of the Ombudsman and indorsed to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) for appropriate action.

In a letter-complaint dated September 30, 2015, an unnamed resident of San Isidro, Siargo Island, Surigao Del Norte, wrote to report, among others, an altercation involving his neighbors and Judge Dagala. According to the unnamed complainant, on September 29, 2015, he was in...