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Maximino Balayo vs. Judge Buban

MAXIMINO BALAYO, complainant, vs. JUDGE MAMERTO M. BUBAN, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Tabaco, Albay, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1477 | 1999-09-09

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This refers to a complaint filed by Maximino Balayo against Judge Mamerto M. Buban of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Tabaco, Albay for failure to decide a case within the reglementary period, falsification of public documents, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and gross ignorance of the law.

Complainant is the defendant in Civil Case No. T-1577 for accion publiciana assigned to the sala of the respondent judge. He alleges that said case was submitted for decision to respondent judge sometime in November 1995 but it was decided by respondent judge only on March 24, 1997.

With respect to...