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Maria Panco, et al. Vs. Judge Y Aguirre, etc.

MARIA PANCHO, DAVID GAYOTIN, LORETO GRAN AND MARINA GRAN, Complainants, versus JUDGE JOSE Y. AGUIRRE, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 56, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, Respondent

A.M. No. RTJ-09-2196 [Formerly A.M. No. 00-1052-RTJ] | 2010-04-07

R E S O L U T I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Judge Jose Y. Aguirre, Jr.[1] (respondent) of Branch 56 of the Regional Trial Court of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental was charged by Maria Pancho, David Gayotin, Loreto Gran and Marina Gran (complainants) with grave abuse of authority, violation and ignorance of the law resulting in violation of Sections 4[2] and 7, Rule 71 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, and Grave Oppression.

The complaint arose from respondent's issuance on July 13, 2000 of an Order finding complainants guilty of Contempt committed against the Municipal Trial Court and sentencing them to suffer imprisonment of four months to be...