Unable to delete/update couchbase document

I have an empty document that is locked in my couchbase and unable to delete it. Details using N1QL queries:

delete from bucket where meta(bucket).id = 'docId'
[
   {
    "code": 12011,
     "msg": "Some keys were not deleted [docId] - cause: MCResponse status=TMPFAIL, opcode=DELETE, opaque=0, msg: Temporary failure"
   }
]

select * from bucket where meta(bucket).id = 'docId'
[
  {
    "bucket": null
  }
]

select meta(bucket).id, meta(bucket).cas from bucket where meta(bucket).id = 'docId'
[
  {
    "cas": -1,
    "id": "docId"
  }
]

Basically, it looks like a null document, but I cannot delete it or save over it. Using node.js SDK, when we try to overwrite it we get the error:
The key already exists in the server. If you have supplied a CAS then the key exists with a CAS value different than specified

and when we try to remove it, the error is:
CouchbaseError: Temporary failure received from server. Try again later

The delete from the Couchbase UI does not show any errors, but deleting from N1QL query gives the response above: MCResponse status=TMPFAIL, opcode=DELETE, opaque=0, msg: Temporary failure

The only post in the forum that looks related is the one that has the opcode=INCREMENT, but there was no resolution. Unsure how to clear out this locked document that seems to exhibit Shrodinger Cat syndrome…