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Pedro G. Peralta vs. Romeo N. Firme

PEDRO G. PERALTA, complainant, vs. JUDGE ROMEO N. FIRME, Court of First Instance of La Union, Bauang Branch IV, respondent.

A.M. No. 2044-CFI | 1980-11-21

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Deputy Court Administrator Romeo D. Mendoza submitted the following report wherein he recommended that the charges against respondent Judge be dismissed because the acts complained of are involved in Civil Case No. 2925 of the Court of First Instance of La Union, an action for damages filed by the complainant against respondent Judge, and because said respondent is now a Member of the Commission on Elections:

"In a sworn complaint dated November 6, 1978 complainant Pedro G. Peralta, a practising lawyer, charged respondent, Hon. Romeo N. Firme, then District Judge of the CFI La Union, Branch IV at Bauang,...