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OCA vs. Judge Zenaida L. Galvez, et al

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus JUDGE ZENAIDA L. GALVEZ and CLERK OF COURT EUGENIO STO. TOMAS, Municipal Trial Court, Cabuyao, Laguna. Respondents.

A.M. No. MTJ-03-1472 (Formerly A.M. No. 02-10-271-MTC) | 2007-10-17

D E C I S I O N
 

GARCIA, J.:

An administrative complaint was filed by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) against Judge Zenaida L. Galvez and Clerk of Court Eugenio Sto. Tomas, both of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Cabuyao, Laguna on account of the adverse separate reports of the OCA's Judicial and Audit teams dated July 5, 2002[1] and August 30, 2002,[2] respectively, about said court.

Acting on those reports, the OCA, in its Memorandum Report[3] dated October 11, 2002 to then Chief Justice Hilario C. Davide, Jr., recommended, among others, that: (1) Judge Galvez be directed to explain within ten days from notice why no...