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Atty. Arturo Juanito T. Maturan Vs. Judge Lizabeth Gutierrez-Torres, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 60, Mandaluyong City

ATTY. ARTURO JUANITO T. MATURAN, Complainant, VERSUS JUDGE LIZABETH GUTIERREZ- TORRES, Respondent.

A.M. OCA IPI No. 04-1606-MTJ | 2012-09-19

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:

A judge must exert every effmi to timely rule upon a case submitted for decision. If she thinks that she would need a period to decide a case or to resolve an issue longer than what the Constitution prescribes, she may request an extension from the Court to avoid administrative sanctions.

Antecedents 

On August 12, 2004, complainant Atty. A1iuro Juanita T. Maturan (Maturan), the counsel for the private complainant in Criminal Case No. 67659 entitled People v. Anicia C. Ventanilla, filed a sworn complaint1 against Judge Lizabeth Gutierrez-Torres, the former Presiding Judge of Branch 60 of the...