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Donatilla Nones vs Veronica Ormita

DONATILLA M. NONES, complainant, vs. VERONICA M. ORMITA, Clerk of Court II, MTC-Bangar, La Union, respondent.

A.M. P-01-1532 | 2002-10-09

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Clerks of court perform only administrative, not judicial, functions. Issuing orders of release on bail is beyond their powers and administratively sanctionable as misconduct.

The Case and the Facts

The sworn Administrative Complaint[1] filed by Donatilla M. Nones charges Veronica M. Ormita, Clerk of Court of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Bangar, La Union, with usurpation of a judge's function.

The facts of the case are summarized by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) in its Report[2] dated October 9, 2001, as follows:

Complainant alleged that respondent issued an Order dated 25 March...