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Re: Report on the Judicial audit conducted in the RTC Br 4, Dolores, Samar

RE: REPORT ON THE JUDICIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 4, DOLORES, EASTERN SAMAR

A.M. No. 06-6-340-RTC | 2007-10-17

D E C I S I O N
 

PER CURIAM:

This administrative case arose from a memorandum[1] an audit team of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) submitted. The audit team reported on the judicial audit conducted in the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 4, Dolores, Eastern Samar (trial court) on 7 October 2004.

Judge Gorgonio T. Alvarez (Judge Alvarez), who was due for compulsory retirement on 9 September 2005, used to preside over the trial court. In view of his compulsory retirement, the audit team conducted a judicial audit of cases. The audit team found that the trial court had a total caseload of 200 cases consisting of 132 criminal...