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Ruiz vs Bringas

PROSECUTOR SALVADOR C. RUIZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE AGELIO L. BRINGAS, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 1, Butuan City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1266 | 2000-04-06

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This concerns the complaint filed by Prosecutor Salvador C. Ruiz against respondent Judge Agelio L. Bringas of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 1, Butuan City, charging him with serious misconduct and inefficiency.

Complainant cites the following instances in which respondent allegedly used intemperate language against lawyers appearing before his court:

At the hearing held on August 19, 1998 in Criminal Case No. 22445, entitle "The People of the Philippines vs. Manuel Cenita y Cabanlit" (for falsification of a private document), the following exchange took place between complainant and...