‘Ranting, rambling, and paranoid’: Federal appeals court suspends 96-year-old judge until she passes mental exam

U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman (Screengrab via YouTube).

Pauline Newman, the oldest judge on the federal bench, has accused the Federal Circuit’s Judicial Council — which is facing off with her in the appeals court over the unsealing of documents related to a suspension she was given — of purposely “withholding” her paperwork to try and “control a media narrative.”

Newman, 97, was shelved by the Federal Circuit last year after she refused to undergo independent neurological testing and failed to provide medical records during a probe into her mental health. Earlier this month, she requested that documents related to the suspension and her mental capability, which had been sealed under a Dec. 4 gag order, be released to the public — saying it would only violate her own privacy, which she doesn’t care about, on account of the documents having no mention of other witnesses or complainants.

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