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Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuno, et al vs Judge Cabredo

Chief State Prosecutor JOVENCITO R. ZUNO, ATTY. CLEMENTE P. HERALDO, Chief of the Internal Inquiry and Prosecution Division-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (IIPD-CIIS), and LEONITO A. SANTIAGO, Special Investigator of the IIPD-CIIS, petitioners, vs. JUDGE ARNULFO G. CABREDO, Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Tabaco City, Albay, respondent.

A.M. NO. RTJ-03-1779 | 2003-04-30

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Before the Court are administrative complaints filed against Judge Arnulfo G. Cabredo of Branch 15 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tabaco City, Albay, for grave misconduct, knowingly rendering an unjust interlocutory order, manifest partiality, evident bad faith, and gross inexcusable negligence. 

The Antecedents 

The facts are simple. Atty. Winston Florin, the Deputy Collector of Customs of the Sub-port of Tabaco, Albay, issued on September 3, 2001 Warrant of Seizure and Detention (WSD) No. 06-2001 against a shipment of 35,000 bags of rice aboard the vessel M/V Criston, for violation of Section 2530...