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ASTORGA AND REPOL LAW OFFICES, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. ARNOLD B. LUGARES, COMPLAINANT, VS. ALEXANDER D. VILLANUEVA, SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 60, MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENT.

ASTORGA AND REPOL LAW OFFICES, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. ARNOLD B. LUGARES, COMPLAINANT, VS. ALEXANDER D. VILLANUEVA, SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 60, MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. P-09-2668 | 2015-02-24

EN BANC
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This administrative Complaint[1] was filed by Astorga and Repol Law Offices against Alexander D. Villanueva, Sheriff IV of Branch 60 of the Regional Trial Court, Makati City. Complainant Astorga and Repol Law Offices is a professional law practice partnership, represented by Atty. Arnold B. Lugares.[2]
 
Astorga and Repol Law Offices charged Alexander D. Villanueva (Sheriff Villanueva) with “willful neglect of duty [and] serious misconduct [in office] due to graft and corruption [or] extortion with a prayer that a penalty of dismissal . . . [or] other appropriate sanctions be...