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JULIANITO M. SALVADOR v. JUDGE MANUEL Q. LIMSIACO

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	AM No. RTJ-09-2200 2014-04-02	ANTONIO M. LORENZANA v. JUDGE MA. CECILIA I. AUSTRIA BRION, J.
We agree with the findings of the OCA that not every error or mistake of a judge in the performance of his official duties renders him liable.[27] "[A]s a matter of policy, in the absence of fraud, dishonesty or corruption, the acts of a judge in his judicial capacity are not subject to disciplinary action even though such acts are erroneous."[28]
	AM No. RTJ-13-2359 2013-10-23	ATTY. JEROME NORMAN L. TACORDA FOR: ODEL L. GEDRAGA v. JUDGE REYNALDO B. CLEMENS SERENO, C.J.
We sustain the findings of the OCA that the acts of Judge Clemens were far from being ill-motivated and in bad faith as to justify any administrative liability on his part.[8] A complete reading of the TSN reveals that he was vigilant in his conduct of the proceedings.[9] In the instances mentioned in the Complaint-Affidavit, he had been attentive to the manifestations made by Atty. Tacorda and had acted accordingly and with dispatch.
	AM No. RTJ-12-2331 2012-12-10	MARCELINO A. MAGDADARO v. JUDGE BIENVENIDO R. SANIEL LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.
In Salvador v. Limsiaco, Jr.,[12] the Court described the instances when a judge may be held administratively liable for a judicial error, to wit: It is settled that a judge's failure to interpret the law or to properly appreciate the evidence presented does not necessarily render him administratively liable. Only judicial errors tainted with fraud, dishonesty, gross ignorance, bad faith, or deliberate intent to do an injustice will be administratively sanctioned. To hold otherwise would be to render judicial office untenable, for no one called upon to try the facts or interpret the law in the process of administering justice can be infallible in his judgment. As we held in Balsamo v. Suan: