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Sarah B. Vedana vs. Eudarlio B. Valencia

SARAH B. VEDANA, complainant, vs. JUDGE EUDARLIO B. VALENCIA, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-96-1351 | 1998-09-03

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Respondent Judge Eudarlio B. Valencia, Presiding Judge of Branch 222 (Quezon City) of the Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, was charged with gross misconduct and immoral acts by complainant Sarah B. Vedaña in a sworn letter dated 15 May 1996 addressed to the Chief Justice through then Deputy Court Administrator Bernardo P. Abesamis.

Complainant serves as the court interpreter in respondent's court, and at the same time, is distantly related to respondent as their maternal grandmothers are first cousins.

Complainant narrated the factual basis of her charge thus:

On May 8, 1996 on or about...