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Rafael Dizon, Jr vs Judge Lorenzo Veneracion, RTC, Manila, Br 47

RAFAEL J. DIZON, JR., complainant, vs. JUDGE LORENZO B. VENERACION, Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 47, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-97-1376 | 2000-07-20

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a letter dated May 13, 1996, complainant Rafael J. Dizon, Jr., chairman and managing director of 7-R Port Services, Inc., charged respondent Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion of the Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 47, of incompetence and "intentional disregard for the law" on the ground that he earlier issued a search warrant against 7-R that resulted in the seizure of 100 motor vehicles owned by the company. Complainant seeks respondent's dismissal from the service.

The factual antecedent of this administrative matter is summarized thus:

Sometime in 1989, the Taxi Operators of Metro Manila, Inc....