April 2016 - Philippine Supreme Court Decisions/Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence
A.M. No. RTJ-16-2455 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No.10-3443-RTJ), April 11, 2016 - NEMIA CASTRO, Complainant, v. JUDGE CESAR A. MANGROBANG, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 22, IMUS, CAVITE, Respondent.
FIRST DIVISION
A.M. No. RTJ-16-2455 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No.10-3443-RTJ), April 11, 2016
NEMIA CASTRO, Complainant, v. JUDGE CESAR A. MANGROBANG, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 22, IMUS, CAVITE, Respondent.
R E S O L U T I O N
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
This is an administrative complaint for Gross Inefficiency, Neglect of Duty, Gross Ignorance of the Law and Manifest Bias and Partiality, filed by Nemia Castro (Castro) against Judge Cesar A. Mangrobang (Judge Mangrobang) of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 22 (RTC-Branch 22), Imus, Cavite, relative to Civil Case No. 2187-00, entitled Nemia Castro v. Rosalyn Guevarra, sued with her husband, Jamir Guevarra.
The complaint arose from the following facts:
Civil Case No. 2187-00 was an action for Cancellation and/or Discharge of Check and Defamation/Slander with Damages instituted on October 5, 2000 before the RTC of Imus, Cavite, by Castro against spouses Jamir and Rosalyn Guevarra (spouses Guevarra). The case was raffled to RTC-Branch 90 of Imus, Cavite, presided by Judge Dolores Espa