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Malabanan Vs. Metrillo

EMILIANO MALABANAN, Complainant, versus NI?O R. METRILLO, Clerk III, Regional Trial Court, Tanauan City, Branch 83, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-04-1875 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 03-1699-P] | 2008-02-06

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

What brings our judicial system into disrepute are often the actuations of a few erring court personnel peddling influence to party-litigants, creating the impression that decisions can be bought and sold, ultimately resulting in the disillusionment of the public. This Court has never wavered in its vigilance in eradicating the so-called "bad eggs" in the judiciary. And whenever warranted by the gravity of the offense, the supreme penalty of dismissal in an administrative case is meted to erring personnel.[1] (Emphasis and underscoring supplied)

Niño Metrillo (respondent), Clerk III[2] of the...