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Atty. Melvin D.C. Mane Vs. Judge Medel Arnaldo B. Belen etc.

ATTY. MELVIN D.C. MANE, Complainant, versus JUDGE MEDEL ARNALDO B. BELEN, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 36, CALAMBA CITY, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-08-2119 [Formerly A.M. O.C.A. IPI No. 07-2709-RTJ] | 2008-06-30

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CARPIO MORALES, J.:

By letter-complaint dated May 19, 2006[1] which was received by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) on May 26, 2006, Atty. Melvin D.C. Mane (complainant) charged Judge Medel Arnaldo B. Belen (respondent), Presiding Judge of Branch 36, Regional Trial Court, Calamba City, of "demean[ing], humiliat[ing] and berat[ing]" him during the hearing on February 27, 2006 of Civil Case No. 3514-2003-C, "Rural Bank of Cabuyao, Inc. v. Samuel Malabanan, et al" in which he was counsel for the plaintiff.

To prove his claim, complainant cited the remarks made by respondent in the course of the...