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Spouses Sustento vs. Lilagan

SPOUSES CESAR and THELMA SUSTENTO, Complainants, vs. JUDGE FRISCO T. LILAGAN, Respondent. PRESENT: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, *BRION, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO. PEREZ, MENDOZA, REYES, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JERDELEZA, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

A.M. No. RTJ-11-2275 | 2016-03-08

DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
A judge is mandated to resolve with dispatch the cases and matters in his court, mindful that any delay in their disposition erodes the faith of the people in the judicial system.
 
Antecedents
 
The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) summarized the antecedents as follows:
 
x x x In the Administrative Complaint dated 05 July 2010 filed by Spouses Cesar and Thelma Sustento, it was averred that the said complainants concurrently appear as the "Defendants" in an Unlawful Detainer case ("Wilfreda Pontillan vs. Spouses Cesar Sustento and Thelma Sustento," Civil Case No....