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How did it come to this?
That's the question I kept asking myself as I watched former U.S. District Judge Sam Kent be sentenced to 33 months in federal prison yesterday (previous posts here). I had an early-morning hearing in federal court yesterday and another...
Judge Kent cops a plea
As most local lawyers expected, U.S. District Judge Sam Kent entered into a plea bargain on the courthouse steps today. The deal derailed what would have been an extremely ugly trial on sexual abuse and obstruction of justice charges,...
Can Judge Kent receive a fair trial in Houston?
By now, most folks have heard that the government has filed a superceding indictment against U.S. District Judge Sam Kent alleging sexual abuse against a second federal employee and also obstruction of justice in connection with the Fifth Circuit's...
Not a good start
The Chronicle's Mary Flood reports that visiting U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of Pensacola, Florida is not off to an auspicious start in handling the criminal prosecution of U.S. District Judge Sam Kent: The Florida judge who will oversee...
The shoe drops on Judge Kent
Here is the Chronicle article on the unusual federal aggravated sexual harassment abuse and contact indictment against U.S. District Judge Sam Kent. The previous posts on this matter are here. Here are the public statements of Judge Kent and...
Update on the Judge Kent investigation
It looks as if the heat is being turned up again on embattled U.S. District Judge Sam Kent. Here is the latest by Chron reporter Lise Olsen: Justice Department broadening investigation of Kent Sale of home and gift reporting...
Judge Kent gears up
Embattled U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Galveston (previous posts here) is battening down the hatches with an addition to his defense team -- prominent Houston-based criminal defense attorney Dick DeGuerin. This John Council/Brenda Sapino Jeffreys/Texas Lawyer article reports that...
More heat for Judge Kent
This Brenda Sapino Jeffreys/John Council/Texas Lawyer ($) article reports that an unnamed source close to the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council's investigation of Galveston-based U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent (previous posts here) has disclosed that the Department of Justice has issued...
Jumping to conclusions on Judge Kent
Embattled U.S. District Judge Sam Kent is an easy target these days (all previous posts here). Along those lines, Chronicle legal columnist and blogger Mary Flood makes the following statement in this blog post on the Chronicle's latest story about...
More on the matter of Judge Kent
The Houston Chronicle continued its investigative series into the matter of Galveston U.S. District Judge Sam Kent with this Lisa Olsen/Sunday edition article that provides the most detailed account to date of courtroom deputy Cathy McBroom's sexual harrassment allegations against...
Judge Kent transferred to Houston
In the ongoing saga of Galveston-based U.S. District Judge Sam Kent (previous posts here), the Executive Session of Judges of the Southern District of Texas issued a couple of administrative orders (here and here) transferring the duty station of Judge...
Dyer dissects Judge Kent's case
Folks are finding it pretty easy these days to pile on Galveston U.S. District Judge Sam Kent over the recent reprimand that he received from the Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit (previous posts here). As regular readers of this...
More on the Kent case
Chronicle reporters Lise Olsen and Harvey Rice follow up on their previous coverage of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reprimand of U.S. District Judge Sam Kent with this Sunday Chronicle article, which includes the following tidbits: The episodes of...
That certainly answers that question
This earlier post wondered what was up with the apparently involuntary four month leave-of-absence of Galveston-based U.S. District Judge, Sam Kent. Well, now we know. The Judicial Council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Friday...
U.S. District Judge Sam Kent takes a leave
This Mary Floor/Harvey Rice-Chronicle article (related blog post here) reports tha U.S. District Judge Sam Kent of Galveston is taking a four month leave from his bench. Judge Kent, who runs a tight ship, was recently in the news as...
Don't cross Judge Sam
Galveston-based civil rights attorney Anthony Griffin has learned an $18,000 lesson that many local litigators know -- do not get U.S. District Judge Sam Kent of the Galveston Division angry. This Chronicle article reports on the $18,000 fine under Fed....
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