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Juan Pablo P. Bondoc Vs. Judge Divina Luz P. Aquino-Simbulan, etc.

JUAN PABLO P. BONDOC, Complainant, versus Judge DIVINA LUZ P. AQUINO-SIMBULAN, Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, San Fernando City, Pampanga, Respondent

A.M. No. RTJ-09-2204 (formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 04-2137-RTJ) | 2009-10-26

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We rule on the complaint dated November 11, 2004[1] of former Representative Juan Pablo P. Bondoc (complainant) of Pampanga, charging Judge Divina Luz P. Aquino-Simbulan (respondent), of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, San Fernando City, Pampanga, with partiality, gross ignorance of the law and gross misconduct in the handling of Criminal Case Nos. 12726 to 12728 entitled "People of the Philippines v. Salvador Totaan and Flordeliz Totaan (for: Violation of R.A. 3019 and Falsification of Public Documents)."

The Complaint

The complainant alleged that during the initial pre-trial conference on June 16,...