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Lt. Gen. Alfonso P. Dagudag (Ret.) Vs. Judge Maximo G.W. Paderanga etc.

LT. GEN. ALFONSO P. DAGUDAG (Ret.), Complainant, versus JUDGE MAXIMO G.W. PADERANGA, Regional Trial Court, Branch 38, Cagayan de Oro City, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-06-2017 | 2008-06-18

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This is a complaint for gross ignorance of the law and conduct unbecoming a judge filed by retired Lt. Gen. Alfonso P. Dagudag (Gen. Dagudag), Head of Task Force Sagip Kalikasan, against Judge Maximo G. W. Paderanga (Judge Paderanga), Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 38, Cagayan de Oro City.

On or about 30 January 2005, the Region VII Philippine National Police Regional Maritime Group (PNPRMG) received information that MV General Ricarte of NMC Container Lines, Inc. was shipping container vans containing illegal forest products from Cagayan de Oro to Cebu. The shipments were falsely...