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Gapas-Agbada vs. Guerrero

JUDGE GENIE G. GAPAS-AGBADA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LOUIE T. GUERRERO, CLERK OF COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, RESPONDENT. [OCA IPI No. 12-4000-RTJ] ATTY. LOUIE T. GUERRERO, CLERK OF COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE GENIE G. GAPAS-AGBADA, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 42, VIRAC, CATANDUANES [ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 154, PASIG CITY AND ASSISTING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 221, QUEZON CITY], RESPONDENT. A.M. No. P-23-086 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-2548-MTJ] ATTY. LOUIE T. GUERRERO, CLERK OF COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE LORNA SANTIAGO-UBALDE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, DESIGNATED AS ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, GENERAL SANTOS CITY, SOUTH COTABATO; ARISTOTLE RAMOS, LEGAL RESEARCHER, ORLANDO V. ARCILLA, JR., PROCESS SERVER; AND ISIDRO GUERRERO, UTILITY WORKER, ALL OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 42, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, RESPONDENTS. [A.M. No. P-23-085 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-3996-P] ATTY. LOUIE T. GUERRERO, CLERK OF COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, COMPLAINANT, VS. KARINA TABUZO, FORMER CLERK III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 42, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, NOW CLERK OF COURT, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 69, PASIG CITY, RESPONDENT. [OCA IPI No. 11-3764-RTJ] LIBERTY SO-GUERRERO, COMPLAINANT, VS. PRESIDING JUDGE GENIE G. GAPAS-AGBADA, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 42, VIRAC, CATANDUANES [ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 54, PASIG CITY AND ASSISTING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 221, QUEZON CITY] AND JUDGE LORNA SANTIAGO-UBALDE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, VIRAC, CATANDUANES, DESIGNATED AS ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, GENERAL SANTOS CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, RESPONDENTS.

A.M. No. P-23-084 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 11-3696-P] | 2023-04-25

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
The Cases
 
These are five consolidated cases involving related sets of facts.
 
In A.M. No. P-23-084 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 11-3696-P], Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada (Judge Gapas-Agbada) charged Atty. Louie Guerrero (Atty. Guerrero), Clerk of Court of Regional Trial Court, Virac, Catanduanes with insubordination, discourtesy, and violation of the Code of Conduct for Court Personnel (CCCP)[1] in connection with the latter's alleged acts of disrespect toward her and acts unbecoming of a member of the Bar and a court employee.[2] Judge Gapas-Agbada also charged Atty. Guerrero with...