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Rodolfo B. Garcia etc. Vs. Primo C. Miro etc., et al

RODOLFO B. GARCIA, Retired Municipal Circuit Trial Court Judge, Calatrava-Toboso, Negros Occidental, Petitioner, versus PRIMO C. MIRO, OMBUDSMAN-VISAYAS, Cebu City; DANIEL VILLAFLOR, PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR, Bacolod City; HON. FRANKLIN M. COBBOL, Acting Presiding Judge, MCTC, Calatrava-Toboso, Negros Occidental; and JULIETA F. ORTEGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 167409 | 2009-03-20

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

This is a petition for prohibition with prayer for issuance of writ of preliminary injunction. The petition seeks to impugn the Orders dated November 23, 2004[1] and January 26, 2005[2] issued by the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Calatrava-Toboso, Negros Occidental.

The antecedents are as follows:

On January 31, 2003, Julieta F. Ortega (Julieta) filed a letter complaint[3] before the Ombudsman-Vizayas, Primo C. Miro (Miro), charging Judge Rodolfo B. Garcia, then Presiding Judge of the MCTC, Calatrava-Toboso, Negros Occidental, and Ricardo Liyage (Liyage), ambulance driver, Municipality of Calatrava, Negros...