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Sps Jesus V. Jacinto And Nenita C. Jacinto vs Judge Placido Vallarta

Spouses JESUS V. JACINTO and NENITA C. JACINTO, Complainants, versus Judge PLACIDO V. VALLARTA, Municipal Trial Court of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1541 | 2005-03-10

D E C I S I O N 

PANGANIBAN, J.: 

      Quiet dignity, self-restraint, civility and temperate language are expected of every judge. All members of the judiciary must strictly follow the ethical standards laid down by the Code of Judicial Conduct. 

The Case and the Facts 

       This case originated from a Complaint[1] filed by Spouses Jesus V. Jacinto and Nenita C. Jacinto on March 22, 2002. Judge Placido B. Vallarta was charged therein with gross negligence, gross ignorance of the law, issuance of an unjust interlocutory order, and vulgar and unbecoming conduct. The Complaint alleges as...