[House Document 111-53]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-53


 
  MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE RELATING TO THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS OF 
                             SAMUEL B. KENT

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   A MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE PERTAINING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF THE 
  RESIGNATION OF SAMUEL B. KENT, JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
 COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. REFERRED TO THE MANAGERS ON 
        THE PART OF THE HOUSE APPOINTED BY HOUSE RESOLUTION 565.




               June 26, 2009.--And ordered to be printed
                             Certification

    I, Nancy Erickson, having custody of the seal of the United 
States Senate, hereby certify that the attached record is a 
true and correct copy of a record of the United States Senate, 
received by the United States Senate Sergeant at Arms from 
Samuel B. Kent on June 24, 2009, and presented to the Senate in 
open session on June 25, 2009.
    In Witness Whereof, I have set my hand and caused to be 
affixed the Seal of the United States Senate at Washington, 
D.C., this 25th day of June, 2009.

                                            Nancy Erickson,
                                           Secretary of the Senate.
                                                     June 24, 2009.

    I, Samuel B. Kent, Judge of the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Texas, hereby tender my 
resignation as a Federal District Judge effective 30th June 
2009.

                                                    Samuel B. Kent.

Witnessed:
    Terrance W. Gainer.
    Andrew B. Willison.

                                    
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