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OCA vs. Judge Aniceto Madronio, Sr.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR , Complainant, versus JUDGE Aniceto L. Madronio, Sr., Former Acting Presiding Judge, MCTC, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Pangasinan, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1571 (Formerly A.M. No. 03-9-209-MCTC[1]) | 2005-02-14



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

PUNO, J.:

The instant complaint stemmed from the report of the team[2] which conducted the judicial audit and physical inventory of cases from April 3 to April 12, 2003, in the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of San Fabian-San Jacinto, Pangasinan, then presided over by respondent judge Aniceto L. Madronio, Sr., who compulsorily retired on April 15, 2003.

The report showed that out of the 1,157 cases[3] actually audited by the team, eighty (80) cases were not yet acted upon by respondent judge.  Eighteen (18) out of the nineteen (19) cases pending for decision were already beyond the reglementary period to decide...