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Dr. Edgardo Alday, et al vs Judge Escolastico Cruz, Jr.

DR. EDGARDO ALDAY, MERCEDES FAVIS, MARNA VILLAFUERTE, and CHRISTOPHER GARCIA, complainants, vs. JUDGE ESCOLASTICO U. CRUZ, JR., Branch 58, Regional Trial Court, Makati City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-00-1530 | 2001-03-14

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Complainants seek the dismissal of respondent judge allegedly for threatening them with a gun during a traffic incident.

In their verified complaint,[1] complainants alleged that on May 6, 1999, the van they were riding was about to exit the Cityland Condominium at Pioneer St., Mandaluyong City. When they reached the entrance/exit ramp, respondent arrived in his car and blocked the ramp. As a result, neither vehicle could move. Respondent alighted from his car and went over to the van. He shouted "Putang ina ninyo, anong gusto ninyo mangyari?," while brandishing a gun and pointing it at the occupants of...