98-year-old federal judge suspended for mental fitness appeals to Supreme Court

98-Year-Old Judge Appeals Suspension

Pauline Newman, a 98-year-old federal appeals judge, has appealed her suspension to the Supreme Court, claiming she is fit for the role. According to Newman’s petition, Chief Federal Circuit Judge Kimberly Moore, who suspended Newman in 2023, is “using the Disability Act to circumvent these constitutional protections, in an attempt to implement a constructive discharge of a judicial colleague with whom she no longer wishes to serve.” “These heav…

98-year-old Federal judge appeals suspension to SCOTUS

In a move that could redefine the boundaries of judicial independence and lifetime tenure, Judge Pauline Newman, the oldest active federal jurist in the United States, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn her years-long suspension from the bench.

Federal Appeals Judge, 98, Appeals Suspension to Supreme Court

The oldest active federal judge in the United States asked the U.S. Supreme Court on March 12 to take up her challenge to her ongoing suspension from an appeals court in the nation’s capital. Judge Pauline Newman, 98, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, filed a petition with the nation’s highest court, arguing that the Federal Circuit unconstitutionally forced her out of her position after an investigation found her alleged cog…

Federal judge, 98, suspended by colleagues over mental fitness concerns appeals to Supreme Court

Pauline Newman is 98, and was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Reagan in 1984

Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court - Law360 Pulse

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

Supreme Court Asked to Hear Appeals Judge Suspension Case

A 98-year-old federal appeals judge suspended from hearing new cases has asked the Supreme Court to step into her long-running fight with colleagues at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, escalating a dispute that has become a rare test of how the judiciary handles questions about a sitting judge's fitness and the limits of internal court discipline.