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Dr. Ma. Cristina Seares vs Hon Rosita Salazar

DR. MA. CRISTINA B. SEARES, complainant, vs. HON. ROSITA B. SALAZAR, Judge, Municipal Trial Court, Bangued, Abra, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-98-1160 | 2000-11-22

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

On November 13, 1996, Dr. Maria Cristina B. Seares in a sworn letter complaint charged Judge Rosita B. Salazar of MTC, Bangued, Abra with ignorance of the law for failure to decide criminal cases for violation of B.P. No. 22.

The facts are aptly summarized by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), to wit:

Dr. Seares is the private complainant in Criminal Cases Nos. 5760 to 5763, for Violation of B.P. 22. Complainant alleges that these cases were submitted for decision on February 14, 1996. Since then no decision has yet been rendered. Furthermore, respondent disregarded the directive of Senior...