Southeast Texas Record Events

2008 Feb 7 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent's Social Conduct Prompts Further Investigation
It is improper for judges to seek or accept gifts from those with business before their courts, but whether it is proper for judges to jump into a lawyer's sports car and head off for a s...
2008 Sep 3 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Denies Charges of Sexual Abuse
HOUSTON -- U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent found himself on the other side of the bench Sept. 3 as he pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual abuse of a female employee before another fed...
2008 Sep 9 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Case Judge Enforces Gag Order
Citing a small handful of news stories to support his decision, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson took a big step and issued a gag order in the criminal case of a Houston federal judge. ...
2009 Jan 7 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Faced with New Indictment by Federal Grand Jury
Only weeks away from a trial stemming from sexual abuse of an employee, a federal judge in Houston has now been indicted for attacking another female court employee. U.S. District Judg...
2009 Jan 15 New Criminal Charges Reopens U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Investigation
New criminal charges against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has prompted the 5th Circuit judicial council to reopen its judicial misconduct investigation against the Houston judge. K...
2009 Feb 23 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Pleads Guilty as Trial Set to Begin
As a judge, Samuel Kent probably saw many defendants take a last minute plea agreement as jurors filed into the courthouse. This time it was Kent himself that pleaded guilty just as a jur...
2009 Feb 25 Media Outlets Call for Dissolution of U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent's Case Gag Order
The Houston Chronicle and other media have asked the judge overseeing the criminal case of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent to dissolve a gag order he continued this week even after Kent p...
2009 May 12 Impeachment Process Underway
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Congressional impeachment proceedings could begin today against disgraced U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Houston, who was sentenced Monday to lying to fede...
2009 May 28 Judicial Council Refuses U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent's Disability Status
Former U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent tried to blame his sexual attacks of female staff members on alcoholism and mental illness, but the Judicial Council for the Fifth U.S. Circuit Cour...
2009 Jun 3 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Resigns, but Receives Salary While Imprisoned
Convicted felon Samuel Kent agreed to resign from the federal bench - but not until 2010, assuring his retirement salary for another year while he sits in jail and Congress deals with his...
2009 Jun 9 House Judiciary Committee Votes Unanimously to Refer Articles of Impeachment on Judge Samuel Kent
If things keep moving along as they have this week, former federal judge Samuel Kent won't be earning his salary for much longer. On June 9, a panel of the House Judiciary Committee t...
2009 Jun 18 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Begins Prison Term while House Considers Impeachment
Former federal judge Samuel Kent began an almost three-year prison term on June 15, while the U.S. House of Representatives cleared its calendar to consider Kent's impeachment. Kent, ...