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Daniel G. Sevilla vs. Judge Francisco S. Lindo, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 55, Malabon City

DANIEL G. SEVILLA, Complainant, vs. JUDGE FRANCISCO S. LINDO, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 55, MALABON CITY, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-08-1714 [Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 08-2016-MTJ] | 2011-02-09




THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:


A trial judge who allows, or abets, or tolerates numerous unreasonable postponements of the trial, whether out of inefficiency or indolence, or out of bias towards a party, is administratively liable.


Antecedents


On July 4, 2007, Daniel G. Sevilla charged Hon. Francisco S. Lindo, then the Presiding Judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 55, in Malabon City with delay in the disposition of Criminal Case No. J-L00-4260 (a prosecution for violation of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 [BP 22] entitled People v. Nestor Leynes).


Sevilla alleged that he was the private complainant in Criminal Case No....