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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.
Samuel Kent may refer to: Samuel B. Kent (born 1949), former U.S. District Court judge; Samuel Kent (MP) (c. 1683–1759), member of the Parliament of Great Britain
And the Yakima judge presiding over the three-day trial awarded $44,000 to Swanberg for his attorney fees. Earlier this month, the Washington state Attorney General’s Office confirmed they are ...
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
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The responsibilities of the Task Force were expanded to include the case of Judge Samuel B. Kent, [15] leading to hearings [16] and his subsequent impeachment by the full House of Representatives. [17] The Task force finally voted to impeach Porteous on January 21, 2010.