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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 25, 2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently extended its suspension of 97-year-old Judge Pauline Newman for another year. The court’s judicial council suspended Newman in 2023 saying she refused to cooperate with an investigation into her fitness after staff raised concerns about her mental health. The members of the council now say that Newman did not convince them that the suspension should be lifted given the “voluminous record” showing “serious concerns” about her cognitive state. Newman’s lawyer vowed to continuing fighting the suspension, Reuters reports.