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Judge Manuel Aquino vs Jocelyn Fernandez

JUDGE MANUEL R. AQUINO, complainant, vs. JOCELYN C. FERNANDEZ, Stenographer I, respondent.

A.M. No. P-01-1475 | 2003-10-17

R E S O L U T I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Judge Manuel R. Aquino of the Municipal Trial Court of Caba, La Union submitted to the Office of the Court Administrator his "Report/Findings" dated November 16, 1998 recommending that an appropriate disciplinary action be imposed upon Jocelyn Fernandez who holds the position of Stenographer I in his sala.[1]

According to complainant Judge, respondent failed to type the draft order in Criminal Case No. 4197, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Jose Runes, et al." then pending in his court despite the instructions given by him on November 4, 1988. When asked to give a written explanation,...