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Alfonso Ortiz vs Judge Alex Quiroz

ALFONSO C. ORTIZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE ALEX L. QUIROZ, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1259 | 2000-08-04

R E S O L U T I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case under consideration is an administrative complaint against Judge Alex L. Quiroz, Metropolitan Trial Court, Pasig City, Branch 69 for patent disregard of the Rule on Summary Procedure, gross ignorance of the law, and knowingly rendering an unjust judgment.

The antecedent facts show that on February 17, 1997, Alfonso Ortiz initiated a criminal complaint against Inocencio Hernando for malicious mischief and grave threats. The City Prosecutor of Pasig City filed the corresponding criminal cases with the Pasig Metropolitan Trial Court which were raffled to the sala of respondent Judge Alex L. Quiroz....