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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Hon. Liberty O. Castaneda, et al

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus HON. LIBERTY O. CASTANEDA, Presiding Judge, ATTY. PAULINO I. SAGUYOD, Clerk of Court, LOURDES E. COLLADO, Sheriff, MARYLINDA C, DOCTOR, EVELYN B. ANTONIO, ROSALIE P. SARSAGAT and CHERYL B. ESTEBAN, Court Stenographers, GEORGE P. CLEMENTE, Clerk, MARlTONI FLORIAN C. CERVANTES, Court Interpreter, and RUBEN A. GIGANTE, Utility Worker, all of the REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 67, PANIQUI, TARLAC, Respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-12-2316 | 2012-10-09

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N 

PER CURIAM: 

This administrative matter is a consequence of the judicial audit and physical inventory of cases conducted from September 29, 2008 to October 8, 2008 in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Paniqui, Tarlac, Branch 67, presided over by Judge Liberty O. Castañeda (Judge Castañeda). A followup audit was subsequently conducted on February 1 to 4, 2011. 

The Facts 

The team from the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) reported1that as of audit date, Branch 67 had a caseload of 1,123, consisting of 406criminal cases and 717 civil cases. Of the 70 cases submitted for decision, 18 have not...