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An Update on Federal District Judge Sam Kent

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Cindy George reports, "Criminal cases stripped from Kent's docket."Federal judge Samuel Kent, who recently returned to work after a four-month paid leave of absence, has had his docket stripped of all criminal cases. Chief Judge Hayden Head made the change in an amended work plan issued Jan. 8 and posted this week on the Southern District of Texas Web site. Kent, a longtime Galveston jurist, was reassigned to the Houston federal courthouse in the fall amid allegations that he inappropriately touched a female court employee. The Department of Justice is investigating a criminal complaint filed by Cathy McBroom accusing Kent of sexual assault. Kent, 58, was reprimanded in September for sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior toward employees by the Judicial Council of the 5th U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).