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De Vera vs Pelayo, Evaluation & Investigation Bureau & Office of the Ombudsman

SALVADOR M. DE VERA, petitioner, vs. HON. BENJAMIN V. PELAYO, Presiding Judge, Branch 168, Regional Trial Court, Pasig City; and EVALUATION AND INVESTIGATION BUREAU, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 137354 | 2000-07-06

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

"It is said that a little learning is a dangerous thing; and he who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client."

In Re: Joaquin Borromeo
241 SCRA 408 (1995)

The case is a petition for certiorari and mandamus1 [Under Rule 65 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.] assailing the Evaluation Report of the Evaluation and Investigation Office, Office of the Ombudsman, dated October 2, 1998 referring petitioner's complaint to the Supreme Court and its Memorandum, dated January 4, 1999,2 [In CPL No. 98 - 2911.] denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

We state the relevant facts.

Petitioner is not a...