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Samuel B. Kent
Samuel B. Kent (born June 22, 1949, Denver, Colorado)〔http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/06/today_in_texas_history_its_jud.html〕 is a former U.S District Court judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, who served in the single-judge Galveston Division covering Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, and Matagorda Counties. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on August 3, 1990, to a seat vacated by Hugh Gibson, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1990, and received his commission on October 1, 1990. His tenure as a United States District Court judge was marred from 2001 on by a series of disciplinary actions, culminating in his impeachment and resignation in 2009.
On May 11, 2009, Judge Kent was sentenced to 33 months in prison for lying to investigators about sexually abusing two female employees. Dick DeGuerin, Kent's attorney, said the judge would retire from the bench because of a disability, rather than resign, which would have enabled Kent to continue to receive his $169,300 annual salary for life.〔 That did not satisfy the leaders of the House Judiciary Committee, Representatives John Conyers Jr., (D-Mich.) and Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), who demanded that Kent resign immediately or face impeachment.〔Suzanne Gamboa, (House Approves Inquiry to Decide on Federal Judge's Impeachment ), Associated Press, May 13, 2009. Retrieved on June 24, 2009〕
Judge Kent submitted his resignation on June 2, 2009, with the proviso that it would not take effect for a full year. This angered the membership of the House Judiciary Committee, which voted unanimously to send four Articles of Impeachment to the full House of Representatives on June 10, 2009.〔 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5hRYAFQ65)〕 The articles were passed on June 19, 2009,〔 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5hfRJRw37)〕 making Judge Kent the first federal judge to be impeached since Walter L. Nixon, Jr. in 1989.〔 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5kqqRkUT0)〕 Kent thereafter submitted a new letter of resignation to the Senate on June 25, 2009, taking effect on June 30, 2009. On June 30, President Barack Obama accepted his resignation.〔 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5iTDSpUiA)〕 On July 20, the House of Representatives passed a resolution asking the Senate to end former Judge Kent's trial. Two days later, the Senate agreed to the resolution.〔 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5iTE2kciQ)〕
== Background ==
Judge Kent is a graduate of University of Texas and The University of Texas School of Law. Before his appointment to the federal bench, he was in private practice with the firm Royston Rayzor in Galveston, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.duhaime.org/LawMuseum/LawArticle-1527/Mr-Justice-Samuel-B-Kent-Felon.aspx )〕
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