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Jose B. Tiongco vs. Judge Evelyn E. Salao, et al.

JOSE B. TIONGCO, complainant, vs. JUDGE EVELYN E. SALAO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 25, ILOILO CITY, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-06-2009 | 2006-07-27

FIRST DIVISION

R E S O L U T I O N

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Complainant Jose B. Tiongco charges respondent Judge Evelyn E. Salao, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25, Iloilo City, with gross ignorance of the law, gross incompetence, grave abuse of judicial power amounting to vindictiveness and unlawful imprisonment, arising from the respondent Judge's Order dated 17 March 2003, citing him in direct contempt, sentencing him to ten (10) days imprisonment, and ordering the police to place him in prison immediately.

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