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Re: Editorial of the Negros Chronicle . . . against Judge Carampatan

RE: EDITORIAL OF THE NEGROS CHRONICLE AND OTHER CHARGES OF A CONCERNED CITIZEN AGAINST JUDGE ROGELIO CARAMPATAN, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 31, DUMAGUETE CITY

A.M. No. 02-10-614-RTC | 2003-09-03

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This administrative case against Judge Rogelio L. Carampatan, Branch 31, Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, arose from a complaint published in a provincial newspaper questioning his alleged improper issuance of a contempt order and from his failure to submit his certificates of service on time.

On September 11, 2002, the Office of the Chief Justice received a newspaper clipping of an editorial in the September 8, 2002 issue of the Negros Chronicle, charging Judge Rogelio L. Carampatan, Branch 31 of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, with "knowingly or unknowingly flexing his judicial muscle too...