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Atty. Jose A. Suelto vs. Deputy Sheriffs Rogelio P. Forniza etc., et al

Atty. Jose A. Suelto, Complainant, versus Deputy Sheriffs Rogelio P. Forniza, RTC, Branch 42, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, and Bonifacio V. Maputi, RTC, Branch 37, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Respondents.

A.M. No. P-05-2000 (formerly OCA IPI No. 97-290-P) | 2007-09-27

DECISION


SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

In a letter-complaint dated November 11, 1996, Atty. Jose A. Suelto denounced deputy sheriffs Rogelio P. Forniza, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 42, Dumaguete City, and Bonifacio V. Maputi, Branch 37, same court, for deducting as sheriff's fee of Nine Thousand Pesos (P9,000.00) from the judgment money they received from the defendants in Civil Case No. 8911.

The Court referred the case to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) for investigation, report and recommendation.

After a review of the Memorandum dated March 28, 2005 of the OCA, the Court RESOLVES TO ADOPT and APPROVE its findings of fact...