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DBP vs Ruben Nequinto

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (DBP), complainant, vs. RUBEN S. NEQUINTO, Sheriff IV, Regional Trial Court, Branch 145, Makati City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-00-1371 | 2002-01-23

R E S O L U T I O N

PER CURIAM:

At the grassroots of our judicial machinery, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs are indispensably in close contact with the litigants, hence, their conduct should be geared towards maintaining the prestige and integrity of the court, for the image of a court of justice is necessarily mirrored in the conduct, official or otherwise, of the men and women who work thereat, from the judge to the least and lowest of its personnel; hence, it becomes the imperative sacred duty of each and everyone in the court to maintain its good name and standing as a temple of justice.[1]

The Case

Before the Court is an...