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Judge Roque vs Rivota, Branch Clerk of Court MeTC

EXECUTIVE JUDGE AIDA RANGEL-ROQUE, Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Manila, complainant, vs. GERARDO S. RIVOTA, Branch Clerk of Court, Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 11, Manila, respondent.

A.M. No. P-97-1253 | 1999-02-02

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This is a complaint charging respondent Gerardo S. Rivota, branch clerk of court, Branch 11 of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) of Manila, with dishonesty, gross violation of existing rules and regulations, and conduct grossly prejudicial to the best interest of the service. The complaint was filed by Executive Judge Aida Rangel-Roque of the MeTC of Manila, on the basis of a letter, dated January 16, 1997, of Judge Lydia Querubin Layosa, pairing judge of Branch 11 of the MeTC of Manila.

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