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Engr. Edgardo C. Garcia Vs. Judge Meuohn De La Pena etc.

ENGR. EDGARDO C. GARCIA, Complainant,versus JUDGE MELJOHN DE LA PE?A,Municipal Circuit Trial Court,Caibiran-Culaba, Leyte (Acting Judge, Municipal Trial Court,Naval, Leyte), Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ -92-687 | 2008-12-08

R E S O L U T I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

MAY the Court now lift the ban on reemployment against respondent and order the payment of all his financial benefits? This is the sole issue to be resolved in his plea for judicial clemency and compassion.

In its Resolution dated February 9, 1994, the Court dismissed respondent Judge Meljohn de la Peña from the service for partiality, abuse of authority and grave abuse of discretion relative to Criminal Case No. 2577. The dispositive portion of the resolution states:

ACCORDINGLY, respondent Judge Meljohn de la Peña (Acting Judge of Municipal Trial Court of Naval, Leyte) of the...