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Concerned Trial Lawyers of Manila vs. Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion.

CONCERNED TRIAL LAWYERS OF MANILA, Complainant, - versus -JUDGE LORENZO B. VENERACION, Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 47, Respondent.

A. M. No. RTJ-05-1920 | 2006-04-26

SECOND DIVISION

R E S O L U T I O N

CORONA, J.:
 
Before us are consolidated administrative cases against retired  Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion,  then presiding  judge of Branch 47, Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila. [5]
 
In A.M. No. RTJ-05-1920, a letter [6] dated February 8, 1999 was referred to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) by the Ombudsman. [7] It contained allegations of misconduct and tardiness against respondent Judge Veneracion by the Concerned Trial Lawyers of Manila [8].
       
Complainants assailed the apparent reluctance of Judge Veneracion to grant petitions for the...