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China Banking Corp. etc. Vs. Judge Leoncio M. Janolo Jr.

CHINA BANKING CORPORATION, represented by Margarita L. San Juan and George C. Yap, Complainant, versus JUDGE LEONCIO M. JANOLO, JR., Regional Trial Court, Br. 264, Pasig City, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-07-2035 | 2008-06-12

R E S O L U T I O N


CARPIO, J.:

This is a complaint for simple misconduct and undue delay in rendering two orders filed by China Banking Corporation (China Bank) against Judge Leoncio M. Janolo, Jr. (Judge Janolo, Jr.) of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 264, Pasig City.

On 5 October 2000, Solid Builders, Inc. (SBI) and Medina Food Industries, Inc. (MFII) filed a complaint[1] against China Bank praying that the bank be (1) restrained from instituting foreclosure proceedings, (2) restrained from implementing the interest rates stipulated in the mortgage contracts, and (3) made to pay damages. SBI and MFII applied for a writ of...