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Judge Loreto D. De La Victoria vs Hon. Leopoldo V. Ca?ete, et al

JUDGE LORETO D. DE LA VICTORIA, complainant, vs. HON. LEOPOLDO V. CA?ETE*, formerly Branch Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Cebu City and now Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 27, Lapu-Lapu City, and TEOFILO M. MENDEZ, formerly Court Interpreter, same court, respondents.

A.M. No. P-01-1486 | 2002-02-21

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint filed by Presiding Judge Loreto D. de la Victoria of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Cebu City against his court interpreter, Teofilo M. Mendez, for the latter's failure to produce missing case exhibits which had been entrusted to his care and custody. The complaint stemmed from a letter dated August 22, 1996 which Judge de la Victoria wrote to this Court, stating that respondent Mendez filed a leave of absence from June to October 1994 and never returned to work afterward. Judge de la Victoria stated that he later learned that respondent Mendez had applied for disability retirement...