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Atty. Florencio Alay Binalay Vs. Judge Elias O. Lelina, Jr.

ATTY. FLORENCIO ALAY BINALAY, Complainant, versus JUDGE ELIAS O. LELINA, JR., Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-08-2132 [Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 07-2549-RTJ] | 2009-07-31

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

By Complaint of July 5, 2006,[1] Atty. Florencio Alay Binalay (complainant), head agent of the National Bureau of Investigation in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, administratively charged Judge Elias O. Lelina, Jr. (respondent), presiding judge of Branch 32 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cabarroguis, Quirino, for violation of Section 35, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court and Rule 5.07, Canon 5 of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

The Court, by Order of August 5, 1998, preventively suspended respondent on account of an earlier administrative complaint filed by Divina Perez and Margie Monforte, docketed as...