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Dorcas Petallar vs Judge Pullos

DORCAS G. PETALLAR, complainant, vs. JUDGE JUANILLO M. PULLOS, MCTC, SAN FRANCISCO, SURIGAO DEL NORTE, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-03-1484 | 2004-01-15

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a complaint-affidavit[1] dated February 7, 2002, Judge Juanillo M. Pullos, former presiding judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of San Francisco, Surigao del Norte, stands charged by complainant Dorcas G. Petallar of violating Canon 1, Rule 1.02[2] and Canon 3, Rule 3.05[3] of the Code of Judicial Conduct; as well as Rule 140, Section 4[4] and Rule 70, Sections 10[5] and 11[6] of the Rules of Court; for undue delay in rendering a decision in Case No. 137 for Forcible Entry.

In charging respondent judge with having violated his duty to administer justice impartially and without delay,...