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Nelson Rodriguez And Ricardo Camacho vs Judge Rodolfo S. Gatdula,

NELSON RODRIGUEZ and RICARDO CAMACHO, complainants, vs. JUDGE RODOLFO S. GATDULA, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1252 | 2002-12-17

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

An administrative complaint against a judge cannot be pursued simultaneously with the judicial remedies accorded to parties aggrieved by his erroneous order or judgment. Administrative remedies are neither alternative nor cumulative to judicial review where such review is available to the aggrieved parties and the same has not yet been resolved with finality. For until there is a final declaration by the appellate court that the challenged order or judgment is manifestly erroneous, there will be no basis to conclude whether respondent judge is administratively liable. This doctrine set out in In...