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Unitrust Dev Bank vs Judge Jose Caoibes Jr & Ma Editha Caunan

UNITRUST DEVELOPMENT BANK (Represented by Atty. Enrico A. Benito), complainant, vs. JUDGE JOSE F. CAOIBES, JR., in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 253, Regional Trial Court of Las Pi?as City, and MA. EDITHA CAUNAN, in her capacity as Officer In Charge (OIC), respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1745 | 2003-08-20

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On March 24, 2000, Unitrust Development Bank (UDB) filed the instant complaint against respondents Judge Jose F. Caoibes Jr., Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Las Piñas City, Branch 253, and Court Stenographer Ma. Editha Caunan, in her capacity as Officer-In-Charge, for violation of Section 16,[1] Article III of the Constitution and the Code of Judicial Conduct. UDB alleged that the respondents are guilty of delay in the resolution of its motion to dismiss[2] filed in Civil Case No. LP-98-0050 entitled "Olivia Garrido vs. Unitrust Development Bank" and its ex-parte petition[3] for...