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Sylvia Santos Vs. Judge Evelyn S. Arcaya-Chua etc.

SYLVIA SANTOS, Complainant, versus JUDGE EVELYN S. ARCAYA- CHUA, Regional Trial Court, Branch 144, Makati City, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-07-2093 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 05-2312-RTJ) | 2009-02-13

R E S O L U T I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before the Court is the Complaint of Sylvia Santos (complainant) dated July 14, 2005, against Judge Evelyn S. Arcaya-Chua (respondent), of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 144, Makati City for serious misconduct and dishonesty.[1]

Complainant, an aunt of respondent's husband, alleges: In the first week of September 2002, she asked respondent's help, who was then the Presiding Judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 63 of Makati City, regarding the cases[2] of complainant's friend, Emerita Muñoz, pending before the Supreme Court. Respondent, a former employee of the...