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Doroteo etc all Surnamed Lagcao vs. Judge Ireneo Lee Gako etc

DOROTEO, DIOSDADO and URSULA, all surnamed LAGCAO, Complainants, versus JUDGE IRENEO LEE GAKO, JR., Regional Trial Court, Cebu City, Branch 5, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-04-1840 (Formerly OCA I.P.I No. 02-1534-RTJ) | 2007-08-02

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CORONA, J.:


On July 18, 2002, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) received the complaint[1] of Doroteo, Diosdado and Ursula Lagcao against respondent Judge Ireneo Lee Gako, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Cebu City, Branch 5.[2]

Complainants are the registered owners of lot no. 1029, a 4,048 sq. m. parcel of land situated in Capitol Hills, Cebu City.[3] They filed an ejectment case against the "settlers" occupying the lot sometime in...