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Prosecutor Robert Visbal vs Judge Rodolfo Ramos

Prosecutor ROBERT M. VISBAL, complainant, vs. Judge RODOLFO C. RAMOS, Municipal Trial Court of Jaro, Leyte, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1306 | 2001-03-20

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Judges must resolve matters pending before them promptly and expeditiously within the prescribed period. If they fail to do so, they should ask the Supreme Court for an extension, citing meritorious grounds therefor. Otherwise, they may be charged with gross inefficiency and sanctioned administratively.

The Case and the Facts

In a verified Letter-Complaint[1] received by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) on February 27, 1998, Prosecutor Robert M. Visbal charged Judge Rodolfo C. Ramos of the Municipal Trial Court of Jaro, Leyte, with gross ignorance of the law, grave abuse of judicial authority...