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Guillermo Caba?ero vs. Judge Antonio Ca?on, MCTC, etc.

GUILLERMA D. CABA?ERO, complainant, vs. JUDGE ANTONIO K. CA?ON, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, HINATUAN-TAGBINA, HINATUAN, SURIGAO DEL SUR, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-01-1369 | 2001-09-20

R E S O L U T I O N

PARDO, J.:

Death of the respondent in an administrative case is not in itself a ground for the dismissal of the complaint.

In a complaint dated September 16, 1999, Mrs. Guillerma D. Cabañero charged Judge Antonio K. Cañon, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Hinatuan-Tagbina, at Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur with partiality, issuance of unjust interlocutory orders and grave abuse of discretion relative to Criminal Case No. 4036-H, entitled, People vs. Jessie Cabañero, for qualified theft.

Complainant alleged that a certain Jaime Cañal accused her son, Jessie D. Cabañero, of entering...