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Sps Kiat & Teresa Reaport vs Judge Efren Mariano

Spouses KIAT & TERESA REAPORT, petitioners, vs. Judge EFREN S. MARIANO, Municipal Trial Court, Branch 2, Zamboanga City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1253 | 2001-07-11

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Justice delayed is justice denied. A magistrate who deliberately consents to or abets needless, groundless and obviously unmeritorious motions for postponement, especially in ejectment cases, is administratively liable.

Statement of the Case

Before this Court is a Petition[1] filed by Spouses Kiat and Teresa Reaport praying for the "REMOVAL/DISCHARGE from office and/or other disciplinary sanctions" against Judge Efren S. Mariano of the Municipal Trial Court of Zamboanga City, Branch 2. The Petition stems from his alleged violation of Section 7 of the New Rules on Summary Procedure and Rule 1.02 of the...