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Purita Lim vs Judge Cesar M. Dumlao

PURITA LIM, Complainant, versus JUDGE CESAR M. DUMLAO, Municipal Trial Court, San Mateo, Isabela, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1556 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J: 

In a verified letter-complaint[1] dated June 5, 2003, complainant Purita Lim charged respondent Judge Cesar M. Dumlao of the Municipal Trial Court of San Mateo, Isabela, with Gross Ignorance of the Law and Grave Abuse of Authority. 

Complainant averred that she filed two criminal cases for carnapping and theft with the Regional Trial Court of Santiago City, Isabela, Branch 35, against a certain Herman A. Medina. On May 8, 2003, Medina was apprehended and detained at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Santiago City Jail, by virtue of a Warrant of Arrest issued by then Presiding...