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P. dela Cruz, et al. vs. Judge P. B. Vallarta etc

PASTORA DELA CRUZ, AMELIA DELA CRUZ- GUMABON, ANALITA DELA CRUZ and LEONARDO DELA CRUZ, Complainants, versus JUDGE PLACIDO B. VALLARTA, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Cabiao-San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1531 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 02-1216-MTJ] | 2007-03-06

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AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.

Before us is a Complaint-Affidavit[1] dated March 1, 2002 of Pastora dela Cruz, et al. (complainants) charging Judge Placido B. Vallarta (respondent), Presiding Judge, Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Cabiao, Nueva Ecija with Gross Inefficiency, Gross Negligence and Gross Ignorance of the Law, relative to Civil Case No. 2000-36, entitled "Heirs of the Late David G. dela Cruz v. Spouses Virgilio and Carmen Bunag" for Unlawful Detainer with Prayer for Issuance of a Writ of Preliminary Injunction or Temporary Restraining Order.

Complainants allege: On July 13, 2000, they filed a case...