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Atty. Ernesto C. Jacinto vs. Judge Lydia Q. Layosa, et al

ATTY. ERNESTO C. JACINTO, Complainant, versus JUDGE LYDIA Q. LAYOSA AND CLERK III CHERYL BUENAVENTURA, Respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1743 | 2006-07-11

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION 

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.: 

In a sworn letter-complaint[1] dated August 7, 1999 filed with the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), complainant Atty. Ernesto C. Jacinto charged respondents Judge Lydia Q. Layosa of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 217, Quezon City, and Cheryl Buenaventura, Clerk III, of the same court, with infidelity in the custody of public documents and/or gross neglect of duty. 

Complainant alleged in his letter-complaint that he is plaintiff's counsel in Civil Case No. Q-95-23426, "REYNALDO P. MARTIN versus MRS. RAQUEL U. AQUINO and HUSBAND," raffled to the RTC, Branch...