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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Judge Borromeo R. Bustamante, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Alaminos City, Pangasinan

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. JUDGE BORROMEO R. BUSTAMANTE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, ALAMINOS CITY, PANGASINAN, Respondent

A.M. No. MTJ-12-1806 | 2014-04-07

FIRST DIVISION

 

DECISION


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

 

The present administrative matter arose from the judicial audit of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Alaminos City, Pangasinan, then presided by Judge Borromeo R. Bustamante (Bustamante). Judge Bustamante retired on November 6, 2010.


Considering the impending retirement of Judge Bustamante, a judicial audit of the MTCC was conducted on September 21, 2010 by a team from  the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA). In a Memorandum 1 dated October 6, 2010, Deputy Court Administrator (DCA) Raul Bautista Villanueva (Villanueva) informed Judge...