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Samuel B. Kent (born June 22, 1949) [1] is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, whose term ended in resignation in 2009 following charges of sexual abuse. Kent served in the single-judge Galveston Division covering Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, and Matagorda Counties.
In 2007, criminal charges were filed against Judge Samuel B. Kent, the only District judge in the Galveston Division, who sat at the Federal Courthouse in Galveston, the oldest federal judgeship in the state. [7] Due to the litigation, Chief Judge Hayden Head transferred Kent and his staff to the Houston Division.
On May 11, 2009, Judge Samuel B. Kent was sentenced to 33 months in prison in a sex abuse case for lying to investigators about sexually abusing two female employees. Dick DeGuerin, Kent's attorney, said the judge was retiring from the bench because of a disability – which would allow him to keep receiving his $169,300-a-year salary.
On May 14, 2009, Judge Kent refused to resign after he was sentenced to prison. The House Judiciary Committee then voted to begin an impeachment investigation. Proceedings continued after the judge resigned in June 2009 but set an effective date for his resignation in 2010. Hearings were held on June 2. [17]
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Samuel B. Kent: Judge: Sexual assault, obstructing and impeding an official preceding, and making false and misleading statements: June 19, 2009: June 24–July 22, 2009: 29 days: Trial ended before verdict, House adopted a simple resolution to end proceedings without completing them after Kent resigned from office
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