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Shirley C. Ruiz vs. Judge Rolindo D. Beldia, Jr.

SHIRLEY C. RUIZ, Complainant, versus JUDGE ROLINDO D. BELDIA, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 57, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, [Assisting Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 272, Marikina City,] Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1731 | 2005-02-16



FIRST DIVISION
DECISION

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

In an Affidavit-Complaint[1] filed with the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), complainant Shirley C. Ruiz charged respondent Judge Rolindo D. Beldia, Jr. of Branch 57, Regional Trial Court, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, with gross ignorance of the law and grave abuse of authority in connection with the grant of bail and issuance of a release order in favor of one Lourdes Estrella Santos.

Ruiz is the private complainant in I.S. No. 2000-1031 for violation of the Anti-Fencing Law[2] pending before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Santos, who was arrested during entrapment operations...