11TH CIR.Court order
Judge Pauline Newman's disability proceeding moves to the Eleventh Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said on October 6, 2026, that it will handle the judicial disability proceeding concerning Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman. A two-page order said Chief Justice John Roberts transferred the matter in August, about two months after the Supreme Court declined to take up her appeal in a lawsuit seeking reinstatement.
Key points
- Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman will contest a judicial disability probe into her mental acuity before the Eleventh Circuit.Bloomberg Law
- A two-page Eleventh Circuit order said Chief Justice John Roberts transferred the case in August.Bloomberg Law
- The transfer came about two months after the Supreme Court declined her appeal in a lawsuit seeking reinstatement.Bloomberg Law
- Newman, who turned 99 in June, was suspended from new case assignments.Bloomberg Law
- She declined colleagues' overtures to take senior status.Bloomberg Law