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JurisprudenceA.M. No. RTJ-05-1932

A.M. No. RTJ-05-1932 (formerly OCA IPI No. 03-1837-RTJ) - HUMBERTO C. LIM, JR., FOR AND IN BEHALF OF LUMOT ANLAP JALANDONI, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE DEMOSTHENES L. MAGALLANES AND CLERK OF COURT GIA INDEPENDENCIA L. ARINDAY, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 54, BACOLOD CITY.R E S O L U T I O N - Supreme Co

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RA 6713RA 1RA 219
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WHEREFORE , respondent Judge Demosthenes Magallanes is hereby found GUILTY of undue delay in rendering a decision and is FINED Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000). Respondent clerk of court Atty. Gia Independencia Arinday is hereby REPRIMANDED with a STERN WARNING that the commission of the same or similar offense in the future will be dealt with more severely. Let this order be entered in the records of Judge Magallanes and Atty.

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WHEREFORE , respondent Judge Demosthenes Magallanes is hereby found GUILTY of undue delay in rendering a decision and is FINED Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000). Respondent clerk of court Atty. Gia Independencia Arinday is hereby REPRIMANDED with a STERN WARNING that the commission of the same or similar offense in the future will be dealt with more severely. Let this order be entered in the records of Judge Magallanes and Atty. Arinday. SO ORDERED.