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Ryan S. Plaza, Clerk of Court Municipal Trial Court, Argao, Cebu Vs. Atty. Marcelina R. Amamio, Clerk of Court, Genoveva R. Vasquez, Legal Researcher and Floramay Patalinhug, Court Stenographer, all of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 26, Argao, Cebu

RYAN S. PLAZA, Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court, Argao, Cebu, Complainant, versus VASQUEZ, Legal Researcher and Clerk of Court, GENOVEVA R. ATTY. MARCELINA R. AMAMIO, FLORAMAY PATALINGHUG, Court Stenographer, all of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 26, Argao, Cebu, Respondents

A.M. No. P-08-2559 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 08-2940-P) | 2010-03-19

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

The court and its premises shall be used exclusively for court or judicial functions and not for any other purpose. As temples of justice, their dignity and sanctity must be preserved at all times.

Factual Antecedents

On July 25, 2007, Ryan S. Plaza (Plaza), Clerk of Court II of the Municipal Trial Court of Argao, Cebu, filed a complaint[1] against Atty. Marcelina R. Amamio (Amamio), Clerk of Court; Genoveva R. Vasquez (Vasquez), Legal Researcher, and Floramay Patalinghug (Patalinghug), Court Stenographer, all of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Argao, Cebu, Branch 26, for intentional violation of...