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Judge Accused of Sex Harassment Returns to Bench

Posted Jan 11, 2008 9:09 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

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U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent returned to the bench in Galveston, Texas, yesterday after a four-month suspension for alleged sexual harassment.

He won’t be hearing cases involving sexual misconduct or in which the federal government is a party, the Galveston Daily News reports.

Kent was suspended based on accusations he sexually harassed a female employee; the Justice Department is following up with an investigation.

Yesterday Kent was “upbeat and unfailingly polite,” the newspaper reports, despite his reputation for moodiness.

A hat tip to How Appealing, which posted the article.

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