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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.
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]
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.
Judge Kent may refer to: Samuel B. Kent (born 1949), judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas W. Wallace Kent (1916–1973), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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
Samuel B. Kent (born 1949), former U.S. District Court judge Samuel Kent (MP) (c. 1683–1759), member of the Parliament of Great Britain Topics referred to by the same term
Jonathan Samuel Kent, Superboy in DC Comics and son of Superman and Lois Lane; The Kents, fictional characters from The Kent Family Chronicles novel series; Gilbert Kent, fictional characters from Hayate The Combat Butler; The Hon. Bethlehem Kent, a recurring character in the Crabtree Mystery stories, with appearances starting in 1810.
Due to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by ...