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Rene C. Ricablanca vs. Judge Hector B. Barillo

RENE C. RICABLANCA, Complainant, vs. JUDGE HECTOR B. BARILLO, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-08-1710 | 2011-02-15



EN BANC

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:


In a verified complaint1 dated July 3, 2006, Rene C. Ricablanca (complainant), Court Stenographer I of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, charged Judge Hector Barillo, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Canlaon City, with Grave Judicial Misconduct and Gross Ignorance of the Law. Before the filing of the complaint, respondent had administratively charged complainant for going on Absence Without Official Leave (AWOL).


It appears that while respondent was still Acting Presiding Judge of the MTC Guihulngan, he issued orders archiving the following...