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Pilar Vda Dela Pena vs Hon Judge Tiburcio Empaynado Jr

PILAR VDA. DELA PENA, complainant, vs. HON. JUDGE TIBURCIO V. EMPAYNADO, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-96-1075 | 2000-11-27

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

In her verified complaint filed before the Office of the Court Administrator, Pilar Garcia Vda. de Dela Peña charged Judge Tiburcio V. Empaynado, Jr. of the Municipal Trial Court of Jaen, Nueva Ecija, with gross ignorance of the law.

The verified complaint, written entirely in Filipino, alleges as follows:

1. Na ako ang biyuda ni Leoncio dela Peña na binaril at napatay ni Emmanuel Leabres doon sa San Pablo, Jaen, Nueva Ecija;

2. Na nais kong ipagharap ng kasong administratibo si Hukom Tiburcio V. Empaynado, Jr. ng Jaen Municipal Trial Court, Jaen, Nueva Ecija bunga ng KAWALANG ALAM SA BATAS (Gross Ignorance)...