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Manalac vs. Hon. Gellada

CARLOS GAUDENCIO M. MAÑALAC, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. EPITO B. GELLADA, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 53, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BACOLOD, CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. RTJ-18-2535 (formerly OCA IPI No. 16-4583-RTJ) | 2018-10-08

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Complainant Carlos Gaudencio M. Mañalac, for and on behalf of Philippine Investment One (SPY-AMC), Inc. (PI One), filed this complaint[1] against respondent Judge Pepito B. Gellada (Judge Gellada), former Presiding Judge of Branch 53, Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City (RTC Bacolod City Branch 53), Negros Occidental for "(a) gross ignorance of the law and interference with the proceedings of a co-equal and coordinate court in issuing the nullification of the foreclosure [of] and the subsequent proceeding[s] taken thereafter; (b) gross ignorance of the law and grave abuse of...