[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 37-2014, March 12, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 37-2014, March 12, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 37-2014, March 12, 2014 ]

TO : THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR THREE (3) MONTHS OF ATTY. AQUILINO A. MEJICA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Third Division dated 11 March 2013, in Administrative Case No. 9120, entitled "Augusto P. Baldado v. Atty. Aquilino A. Mejica," to wit:

WHEREFORE, the Resolution of of the IBP Board of Governors, approving and adopting the Decision of the Investigating Commissioner, is hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION. Respondent ATTY. AQUILINOA. MEJICA is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of THREE (3) MONTHS, with a warning that a repetition of the same or a similar act will be dealt with more severely.

In a Resolution dated 28 August 2013, the Court DENIED with FINALITY the respondent's motion for reconsideration as no substantial matter were raised to warrant its reconsideration. In a Resolution dated 13 January 2014, the Court DENIED the second motion for reconsideration considering that a second pleading under Section 2, Rule 52 in relation to Section 4, Rule 56 of the 1997 Rule of Civil Procedure, as amended, is not allowed.

12 March 2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator