Federal judge Diana Maria Wanderlei da Silva, from the Federal District, sentenced judge Evandro Reimão dos Reis, from TRF-6, to pay R$1.5 million for litigation in bad faith. He was accused of using for personal purposes a popular action designed to exclusively safeguard the collective interest.
The value of the case was estimated at R$150 million.
. It maintained that he demonstrated “disrespect towards the female judge, signs of sexism and gender discrimination.”
Diana maintained that he was the third federal judge acting in the case and that Reimão “uses intimidating and vindictive postures” whenever a judicial decision displeases him.
In 2023, Reimão asked for Diana’s compulsory retirement.
According to the judge, the judge “falsely accused her of committing the crime of suppressing a public document” from the records of a popular action.
The suspicion was rejected in a unanimous decision by the TRF-1. Reimão did not prove the accusation.
He stated that he will “request the right to reply and comment on the outrageous sentence.”
“But I say that it is manifestly null,” he said.
Each party filed a complaint against the opponent.
There are 30 procedures in the CNJ involving Reimão, 15 of which are against the magistrate; 7 are disciplinary complaints. 23 were archived.
Reimão had again raised Diana’s suspicions, alleging an alleged “enmity” arising from the process initiated at the CNJ on her initiative.
The judge included requests for compensation of R$11.9 million for fees in a private contract with a lawyer.
The judge requested that all defendants (including his ex-wife) be sentenced to pay judicial and extrajudicial expenses such as travel, accommodation, photocopying and expert examinations.
Reimão is represented by a niece, lawyer Lua Reimão Teles e Lopes.
The action deals with alleged misappropriation of vacant Union lands in Acre.
Reimão alleged that the defendants falsely assumed the status of owners of an extensive rural area in the Union, filing indirect expropriation actions against Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) and Incra (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform), in which they obtained millionaire compensation for alleged loss of possession or control.
Diana dismissed the case without resolving the merits. He understood that “there is no right to be protected by the popular action procedure”.
In 2024, the CNJ unanimously approved the initiation of a case against Reimão, based on his office, carried out by the then magistrate Luis Felipe Salomão.
Reimão was removed as a precautionary measure.
On the day of the inspection, 663 judgments were awaiting signature, relating to trials that took place in the previous seven months. Servers and magistrates mentioned Reimão’s explosive temper.
Counselor Caputo Bastos examined the evidence in the case file, the statements and the magistrate’s interrogation.
Despite the judge’s comments, he suggested that the internal affairs department evaluate the possibility of a Conduct Adjustment Term (TAC) with Reimão with the possibility of the investigator returning to his position.
“The testimonies collected during the investigation allow us to affirm that this is a magistrate who is zealous about his jurisdiction and concerned about the correct outcome of each case”, stated Caputo.
Other side
“The proposal for a Conduct Adjustment Term already highlights the fairness and probity of my functional conduct”, says Evandro Reimão dos Reis.
“The TAC reduces the unfounded accusations against me to two subjective aspects without legal and evidentiary consistency.”
“It is enough to calmly and carefully read the defense and the existing evidence in the PAD and see that to this day there is no valid and regular report on the supposed extraordinary correction carried out in the office where I am assigned, including an indication of possible remedial measures for judicial services.”
At the time, the judge defined the correction as a “secretive police operation”, “a true act of intimidation and persecution”.
“I fear nothing. I am one of the most productive and ethical judges,” he said.
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