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Bagong West Kabulusan 1 Neighborhood Association, Inc. vs. Judge Alberto Lerma

BAGONG WEST KABULUSAN 1 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, INC. REPRESENTED BY ITS ACTING PRESIDENT WENEFREDO S. QUEDOR Complainant, versus JUDGE ALBERTO L. LERMA Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-05-1904 (formerly OCA IPI No. 01-1249-RTJ) | 2005-02-18



THIRD DIVISION
DECISION

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Judge Alberto L. Lerma, Presiding Judge of Branch 256 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Muntinlupa, stands charged in a complaint[1] dated September 21, 2001 filed by the Bagong West Kabulusan Neighborhood Association, Inc. (the Association) for falsification of court records, gross violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, gross neglect of duty, and gross ignorance of the law with manifest bias and partiality.

The facts which spawned the filing of the complaint are as follows:

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