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Re: Verified Complaint Of Fernando Castillo Against Associate Justice Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo, Court Of Appeals, Manila.

RE: VERIFIED COMPLAINT OF FERNANDO CASTILLO AGAINST ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MARIFLOR PUNZALAN-CASTILLO, COURT OF APPEALS, MANILA. Present: SERENO, C.J.,* CARPIO,** VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, PERLAS-BERNABE,*** LEONEN, JARDELEZA, CAGUIOA, MARTIRES, TIJAM, REYES,*** and GESMUNDO, JJ.

IPI No. 17-267-CA-J | 2018-04-24

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Baguio City
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
As the saying goes, do not wash your dirty linen in public.
 
It is quite unfortunate that the unduly publicized case stemming from a family misunderstanding now needs the intervention of this Court.
 
In his Verified Complaint,1 Fernando Castillo (complainant) accuses Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo (Justice Punzalan-Castillo) of allegedly committing acts of misfeasance or malfeasance and thus seeks her disbarment and/or removal as justice of the appellate court.
 
Complainant is Justice...