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Silas Y. Canada Vs. Ildefoso B. Suerte etc.

SILAS Y. CA?ADA, Complainant, versus ILDEFONSO B. SUERTE, former Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Barili, Cebu City, Branch 60, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-04-1884 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 03-1806-RTJ) | 2008-02-22

R E S O L U T I O N


Per Curiam:

On July 11, 2003, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) received the complaint[1] of Silas Y. Cañada against respondent Ildefonso B. Suerte, former presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Barili, Cebu City, Branch 60. Respondent was charged with grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct, grave coercion, dishonesty, harassment, oppression and violation of Article 215 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and the Canons of Judicial Ethics.[2]

Complainant alleged that he and respondent were neighbors in Badian, Cebu. Sometime in early 2002, respondent volunteered to act as an...