CAFC Releases New Documents in Investigation of Judge Newman
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Feb. 7 released a host of documents in the ongoing investigation on Judge Pauline Newman's fitness to continue serving on the court. The most recent document released by the court…
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is an order compelling Newman to produce all medical records reviewed by her physician, Dr. Aaron Filler, in light of Newman's submission of a report from Filler purportedly showing that the 97-year-old judge doesn't suffer from any mental disability. The three judges conducting the probe of Newman's fitness -- Judges Kimberly Moore, Sharon Prost and Richard Taranto -- identified a number of issues with Filler's report, prompting the order to "produce all medical records reviewed by Dr. Filler." Newman is concurrently challenging her colleagues' investigation, and the related suspension from receiving new cases at the court, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (see 2412100042).