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Atty. Fidela Y. Vargas Versus Judge Fatima Gonzales- Asdala

ATTY. FIDELA Y. VARGAS, Complainant, versus JUDGE FATIMA GONZALES- ASDALA, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1436 | 2004-09-30

DECISION

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:


This administrative case was instituted by "a contentious and vexatious lawyer" against "an insensitive and overbearing judge." That is how Investigating Justice Hilarion L. Aquino,[1] in his Report and Recommendation, described the protagonists in the instant case.
The facts of this case are as follows:

Complainant Atty. Fidela Y. Vargas is single, 74 years old, a resident of Olongapo City and a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), Zambales Chapter. She appeared as a "special counsel" in the following criminal cases pending before the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 74, Olongapo...