Judge Newman’s Colleagues Move to End Her Reinstatement Lawsuit

Colleagues of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman asked a federal district court judge to throw out what’s left of her lawsuit challenging her suspension from hearing cases.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s Judicial Council—consisting of the court’s active judges, sans Newman—on March 9 asked Judge Christopher R. Cooper to enter a judgment on the pleadings and close the case. Almost a month earlier, Cooper, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, denied the 96-year-old judge’s request for an injunction restoring her to full active duty on the court, and knocked out most of ...