Newman Accuses Fed. Cir. of Concealing Files to Control News
The Federal Circuit’s chief judge is fighting the release of documents related to Judge Pauline Newman’s suspension to control the media narrative surrounding her removal from the court, 97-year-Newman said in a Thursday filing.
Newman urged the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where she is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking reinstatement, to unseal four filings because her colleagues’ “word salad” opposition fails to demonstrate “the slightest harm” from disclosure, she said in a reply to her motion to unseal. The documents illustrate Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and the Federal Circuit’s Judicial Council’s “ever-changing and ever-expanding demands for Judge Newman’s medical records” and are relevant to her due process arguments, the reply said…
Moore and the Federal Circuit Judicial Council are represented by the US Justice Department. Newman is represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance…
December 27, 2024
Originally Published in Bloomberg Law