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Teodora Capacete and Rodolfo Capacete vs Joel Arellano, Sheriff IV

TEODORA A. CAPACETE and RODOLFO CAPACETE, complainants, vs. JOEL O. ARELLANO, Sheriff IV, Regional Trial Court, Branch 25, Bi?an, Laguna, respondent.

A.M. No. P-03-1700 | 2004-02-23

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

This administrative complaint[1] filed by spouses Rodolfo and Teodora Capacete charges Joel O. Arellano, sheriff IV, assigned in the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25, Biñan Laguna, with grave misconduct and harassment.

The antecedent facts that gave rise to the complaint are as follows:

Complainant Rodolfo Capacete is one of the plaintiffs in Civil Case No. 89, entitled "Alejandro Capacete and Rodolfo Capacete vs. Venancia Baroro, et. al." for illegal detainer filed with the Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Cabuyao, Laguna.

On June 4, 1989, the MTC rendered its Decision holding that as...