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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Benjamin P. Estrada, RTC, Br. 9, Malaybalay, Bukidnon and Judge Josefina Gentiles-Bacal, RTC, Br 10, Malaybalay, Bukidnon

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. JUDGE BENJAMIN P. ESTRADA, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 9, MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON, and JUDGE JOSEFINA GENTILES-BACAL, RTC, Branch 10, MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON, Respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-09-2173 (Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 09-3084-RTJ) | 2011-01-18

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
 
We resolve in this Decision the administrative matter involving two judges of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Malaybalay City, Bukidnon - Judge Benjamin P. Estrada of Branch 9 and Judge Josefina Gentiles-Bacal  of Branch 10.
 
The Antecedents
 
The case arose from the Memorandum,[1] dated October 16, 2008, of Atty. Nicandro A. Cruz, officer-in-charge, Court Management Office,  Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), addressed to then Deputy Court Administrator (DCA) Reuben P. De la Cruz, regarding “[a]nomalies in the disposition of cases in the Municipal Trial Court...