97-Year-Old Judge Newman to Appeal Loss in Suspension Suit (3)

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman on Tuesday said she plans to press forward in her legal battle to regain her full judicial duties, even after the 97-year-old jurist’s federal lawsuit against her colleagues was dismissed earlier in the day.

Newman was benched in September 2023 in a unanimous vote of her colleagues on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit following a series of reports from court staff that led them to question her memory and temperament. Newman refused to submit to court-ordered medical testing, which the court’s Judicial Council said frustrated their attempts to determine if she ...