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Re: Report On The Preliminary Results Of The Spot Audit In The Regional Trial Court, Branch 170, Malabon City.

RE: REPORT ON THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE SPOT AUDIT IN THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 170, MALABON CITY.

A.M. No. 16-05-142-RTC | 2017-09-05

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This administrative matter refers to the report on the preliminary results of the spot audit conducted by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) in the Regional Trial Court, Branch 170, Malabon City.

The Factual Antecedents

On April 26, 2016, the OCA sent a team to conduct a spot audit of search warrant applications raffled to Branch 170, due to persistent reports pertaining to the alleged irregular issuance of search warrants by Presiding Judge Zaldy B. Docena (Judge Docena).

The Report on the Preliminary Results of the Spot Audit

On May 26, 2016, the OCA submitted to the Court its Report[1]...