September 2007 - Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions > Year 2007 > September 2007 Resolutions >
[A.M. No. 98-6-179-RTC : September 25, 2007] RE: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF ARRAIGNMENT/TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASE NO. 3639-R); OCA IPI NO. 07-2644-RTJ ([RET.] GENERAL MELITON D. GOYENA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2643-RTJ (JOSE MARI L DUARTE VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2639-RTJ (ATTY. LOURDES A. ONA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); AND OCA IPI NO. 07-2654-RTJ (OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L. LERMA):
[A.M. No. 98-6-179-RTC : September 25, 2007]
RE: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF ARRAIGNMENT/TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASE NO. 3639-R); OCA IPI NO. 07-2644-RTJ ([RET.] GENERAL MELITON D. GOYENA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2643-RTJ (JOSE MARI L DUARTE VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2639-RTJ (ATTY. LOURDES A. ONA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); AND OCA IPI NO. 07-2654-RTJ (OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L. LERMA)
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated September 25, 2007
"A.M. No. 98-6-179-RTC (RE: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF ARRAIGNMENT/TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASE NO. 3639-R); OCA IPI NO. 07-2644-RTJ ([RET.] GENERAL MELITON D. GOYENA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2643-RTJ (JOSE MARI L DUARTE VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2639-RTJ (ATTY. LOURDES A. ONA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); AND OCA IPI NO. 07-2654-RTJ (OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L. LERMA).- The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) in its Memorandum dated September 24, 2007, to
"A.M. No. 98-6-179-RTC (RE: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF ARRAIGNMENT/TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASE NO. 3639-R); OCA IPI NO. 07-2644-RTJ ([RET.] GENERAL MELITON D. GOYENA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2643-RTJ (JOSE MARI L DUARTE VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); OCA IPI NO. 07-2639-RTJ (ATTY. LOURDES A. ONA VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L LERMA); AND OCA IPI NO. 07-2654-RTJ (OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR VS. JUDGE ALBERTO L. LERMA).- The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) in its Memorandum dated September 24, 2007, to
(a) REDOCKET as regular administrative matters the following: A.M. No. 98-6-179-RTC as RTJ-07-2076 (Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Alberto L. Lerma), OCA IPI No. 07- 2644-RTJ as RTJ-07-2079 ([Ret] General Meliton P. Govena vs. Judge Alberto L. Lerma), OCA IPI No. 07-2643-RTJ as RTJ-07- 2078 (Jose Mari L. Duarte vs. Judge Alberto L. Lerma). OCA IPI No. 07-2639-RTJ as RTJ-07-2077 (Atty. Lourdes A. Ona vs. Judge Alberto L. Lerma) and OCA IPI No. 07-2654-RTJ as RTJ-07-2080 (Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Alberto L. Lerma):
(b) FURNISH Judge Lerma with a copy of OCA's report and REQUIRE him to file his COMMENT thereto (except OCA IPI No. 07-2644-RTJ), within ten (10) days from receipt of said report;
(c) REFER these cases to the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals (Manila Station) for RAFFLE to one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals for joint investigation; and
4. SUSPEND Judge Alberto L. Lerma pending the outcome of these administrative cases."
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court