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ATTY. NESCITO C. HILARIO vs. JUDGE ROMEO A. QUILANTANG, Presiding Judge, Municipal Trial Court, Obando, Bulacan

ATTY. NESCITO C. HILARIO, complainant, vs. JUDGE ROMEO A. QUILANTANG, Presiding Judge, Municipal Trial Court, Obando, Bulacan, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-01-1371 | 2001-09-20

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is an administrative complaint for gross neglect and dereliction of duty filed by Atty. Nescito C. Hilario, chairman of the People's Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) of Obando, Bulacan, against Judge Romeo A. Quilantang, presiding judge of the Municipal Trial Court, Obando, Bulacan. The complaint stemmed from respondent judge's alleged deliberate refusal to conduct a preliminary investigation of the charges of grave threats and illegal possession of firearms lodged against a certain Reynaldo S. Marquez.

In an affidavit filed before the PLEB-Obando on October 19, 1995,[1] Jonathan dela Cruz narrated that...