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Ruiz vs. Hon. Pichay

TEODORA ALTOBANO-RUIZ, COMPLAINANT, V. HON. RAMSEY DOMINGO G. PICHAY, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 78, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, PARAÑAQUE CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. MTJ-17-1893 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 15-2773-MTJ) | 2018-02-19

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before us is the Complaint[1] dated June 22, 2015 of complainant Teodora Altobano-Ruiz (Ruiz) against respondent Judge Ramsey Domingo G. Pichay (Judge Pichay), Presiding Judge, Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 78, Parañaque City for gross ignorance of the law and gross misconduct in connection with the latter's act of granting bail in favor of Francis Eric Paran (Paran).
 
The factual antecedents of the case are as follows.
 
Complainant Ruiz and Paran are the accused in an adultery case, docketed as Criminal Case No. 2562,[2] which is pending before the Municipal...