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Jocelyn T. Briones vs Judge Francisco A. Ante, Jr.

JOCELYN T. BRIONES, complainant, vs. JUDGE FRANCISCO A. ANTE, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1411 | 2002-04-11

R E S O L U T I O N

MELO, J.:

In a sworn letter-complaint filed with the Office of the Court Administrator on September 17, 1996, Jocelyn T. Briones, a Clerk II of the Municipal Trial Court of Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur, charged Judge Francisco A. Ante, Jr., the Municipal Trial Court of Sto. Domingo, with grave misconduct, acts unbecoming of a judge, oppression, and abuse of authority. The complaint docketed as OCA IPI No. 96-208-MTJ.

In her letter, complainant alleged that on September 3, 1996, she was instructed by clerk of Court Apolonio T. Tagelo to docket the order archiving a particular case. Not finding the docket book in its...