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Jaime Co vs Judge Demetrio Calimag

JAIME L. CO, complainant, vs. JUDGE DEMETRIO D. CALIMAG, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1493 | 2000-06-20

R E S O L U T I O N


MELO, J.:

Respondent Judge Demetrio Calimag, Jr. stands charged with serious misconduct and inefficiency in office in this administrative complaint filed by complainant Jaime L. Co.

On June 23, 1998, the Court designated respondent judge, then presiding over Branch 35 of the Regional Trial Court stationed in Santiago City, as Acting Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Echague, Isabela in addition to his regular duties. Later that year, however, Judge Bonifacio Ong took over as the regular judge of the Echague court.

On December 2, a complaint for legal separation was filed by Eva Co against her husband,...