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Josephine Jazmines Tan vs. Judge Sibanah E. Usman, RTC, Branch 29, Catbalogan, Samar

JOSEPHINE JAZMINES TAN, Complainant, vs. JUDGE SIBANAH E. USMAN, Regional Trial Court, Branch 29, Catbalogan, Samar, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-11-2666 | 2011-02-15



EN BANC

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:


By a verified November 22, 2009 Complaint,1 Josephine Jazmines Tan (complainant) charges Judge Sibanah E. Usman (respondent), Presiding Judge of Branch 28,2 Regional Trial Court, Catbalogan, Samar, with abuse of power and authority, conduct unbecoming a judicial officer, mental dishonesty, grave misconduct, gross ignorance of the law and knowingly rendering an unjust order, and bribery and corruption, in connection with Civil Case No. 76813 and Criminal Case No. 6536.4


It appears that complainant, together with his co-plaintiffs in the civil case/co-accused in the criminal case, filed a Motion for...