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Domingo vs. Atty. Rubio et al. 806 SCRA 411

SANDY V. DOMINGO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. PALMARIN E. RUBIO AND ATTY. NICASIO T. RUBIO, RESPONDENTS.

A.C. No. 7927 | 2016-10-19

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
Administrative charges against members of the Bar must not rest on frivolous matters. Otherwise, they shall be outrightly dismissed because their aim is only to harass the respondents.
 
The Case

Under consideration is the complaint for disbarment brought on April 11, 2008 against respondent Atty. Palmarin E. Rubio, in his capacity as the City Prosecutor of Legazpi City, for allegedly refusing to act on the order of the Secretary of Justice and for allegedly fraudulently and deceitfully withholding the prepared motion for...