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Atty. Causing vs. Presiding Judge Dela Rosa

ATTY. BERTENI C. CAUSING and PERCIVAL CARAG MABASA, Complaints vs. PRESIDING JUDGE JOSE LORENZO R. DELA ROSA, Regional Trial Court, Branch 4, Manila, Respondent

OCA IPI No. 17-4663-RTJ | 2018-03-07

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CAGUIOA, J.:
 
Before the Court is the Complaint1 dated January 6, 2017 filed before the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) by Atty. Berteni C. Causing (Atty. Causing) and Percival Carag Mabasa a.k.a. Percy Lapid (Mabasa) against respondent Judge Jose Lorenzo R. Dela Rosa (respondent Judge Dela Rosa), Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch (Br.) 4, Manila.
 
Antecedents
 
Atty. Causing and his client, Mabasa (Complainants), charged respondent Judge Dela Rosa with gross ignorance of the law, gross misconduct and...