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Doubts about ability to work
96-year-old US federal judge suspended

Pauline Newman in her office in Washington in May 2023. photo

© Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post/AP

In the United States, a 96-year-old federal judge was suspended because of questions about her mental abilities. A staff survey painted an extremely negative picture of her.

In the In the USA, a 96-year-old federal judge has been suspended after doubts about her mental fitness. Pauline Newman’s dismissal will initially be for one year, but could be extended, as the US newspaper “New York Times” reported. Accordingly, the judge appointed to the Federal Appeals Court in Washington in 1984 by then US President Ronald Reagan had previously refused an investigation and stated that she was capable of carrying out her job.

According to several US media outlets, the suspension came after a public dispute over the 96-year-old’s mental abilities. In a staff survey, her court colleagues had raised serious concerns about the highly esteemed judge’s ability to work: Accordingly, the woman struggled with memory loss and poor comprehension, was sometimes confused and unable to carry out basic tasks that had previously been easy for her. As a result of the problems that arose, she often became frustrated, agitated, argumentative and hostile. Newman even threatened to forcibly remove the staff from the building and fire them, according to the court document.

Earlier this year, Newman filed a federal lawsuit accusing the court’s chief judge, Kimberly A. Moore, and other colleagues of violating her due process rights, according to US media. The judge and her lawyers now want to take action against the suspension, which has been described as “illegal”.

The fact that Newman is still in office at the ripe old age of 96 does not fundamentally violate the law, since federal judges in the USA are appointed for life.