Newman Accuses Fed. Cir. of Concealing Files to Control News (1)

The Federal Circuit’s chief judge is fighting the release of documents related to Judge Pauline Newman’s suspension to control the media narrative surrounding her removal from the court, 97-year-Newman said in a Thursday filing.

Newman urged the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where she is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking reinstatement, to unseal four filings because her colleagues’ “word salad” opposition fails to demonstrate “the slightest harm” from disclosure, she said in a reply to her motion to unseal. The documents illustrate Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and the Federal Circuit’s Judicial Council’s “ever-changing and ever-expanding ...