Yesterday, House Resolution 431 was introduced to impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

On Monday, he was sentenced to 33 months in prison. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice charges in February, but the origins of the case are in sexual harassment complaints brought against him by court workers.

It isn’t too often that a federal judge is impeached. Kent is the first federal judge in history to be indicted for sexual crimes.

Kent apparently will retire or already has retired from the bench. Impeaching him may be just for show, or it may strip him of retirement benefits that he would otherwise receive.

Here’s the vote on the resolution to impeach Kent. Click to vote, comment, learn more, or edit the wiki article about the resolution.