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Josefina Villanueva vs Judge Benjanin Almazan

JOSEFINA M. VILLANUEVA, complainant, vs. JUDGE BENJAMIN E. ALMAZAN, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1221 | 2000-03-16

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

At bar is an administrative case instituted by Josefina M. Villanueva against Judge Benjamin E. Almazan for gross ignorance of the law, abuse of discretion, partiality and gross misconduct.

The verified letter-complaint.1 [Dated January 26, 1998. On February 9, 1998, the Office of the Court Administrator received a verified complaint containing the same allegations as that in the sworn letter-complaint.] filed with the Office of the Court Administrator averred that the acts of Judge Benjamin E. Almazan complained of were committed as follows:

On October 9, 1997, the complainant filed with the Municipal...