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Judge Renato A. Fuentes vs. Atty. Rogelio F. Fabro

JUDGE RENATO A. FUENTES Regonal Trial Court, Branch 17, Davao City, Complainant vs. ATTY. ROGELIO F. FABRO, Branch Clerk of Court, and OFELIA SALAZAR,1 Clerk III, Respondent

A.M. No. P-10-2791 | 2013-04-17

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
In a letter2 dated July 17, 2009, addressed to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), Judge Renato A. Fuentes of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Davao City, reported that Atty. Rogelio F. Fabro, Branch Clerk of Court, and Ofelia Salazar, both of the same court, committed gross negligence of duty when they failed to elevate to the Court of Appeals (CA), Cagayan de Oro City, the records of Civil Case No. 29,019-2002, entitled Medardo E. Escarda v. Celso E. Escarda, et al., within the prescribed period.3 The records were forwarded to the CA only after more than two (2) years.4

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