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OCA Vs. Ret. Judge Ireneo Lee Gako, Jr., Br Coc Manuel G. Nollora, Legal Researcher Nilda D. Suyko, Coc VII Atty. Jeoffrey S. Joaquino & Monica V. Dionaldo

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus RET. JUDGE IRENEO LEE GAKO, JR., Branch Clerk of Court MANUEL G. NOLLORA, Legal Researcher NILDA D. SUYKO, Clerk of Court VII ATTY. JEOFFREY S. JOAQUINO and Administrative Officer II, MONICA V. DIONALDO, Respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-07-2074 [Formerly A.M. No. 07-5-18-SC] | 2008-10-24

R E S O L U T I ON


Tinga, J.:

This is an Administrative Complaint against Retired Judge Ireneo Lee Gako, Jr., former Presiding Judge, Atty. Manuel G. Nollora, Branch Clerk of Court V, Nilda D. Suyko, Legal Researcher, Atty. Jeoffrey S. Joaquino, Clerk of Court VII and Monica V. Dionaldo, Administrative Officer III, Office of the Clerk of Court, all of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 5 for alleged irregularities committed by them.


The antecedents, as culled from the report of the Executive Justice, follow.


In a letter dated 4 January 2007,[1] Judge Simeon P. Dumdum, Jr., then the Executive Judge of the RTC of...