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Conchito Oclarit vs Hon Maximo Paderanga

CONCHITO J. OCLARIT, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE MAXIMO G.W. PADERANGA, Judge, Regional Trial Court, Misamis Oriental, respondent.

G.R. No. 139519 | 2001-01-24

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case before the Court is a special civil action of certiorari assailing the order[1] of respondent judge declaring petitioner guilty of direct contempt of court, sentencing him to pay a fine of P1,000.00 and also to serve one (1) day in jail.

The Facts

Petitioner is a lawyer engaged in the private practice of law principally in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the province of Misamis Oriental.[2]

At times material hereto, petitioner was counsel for the plaintiffs in the case entitled, spouses Gregorio and Pelegrina Babatido v. Elnora and Teodoro Abella, et al., Civil Case No. 99-194, Regional...