Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today we highlight:
- an article reporting how the Federal Circuit “heard oral arguments in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom of the University of Chicago Law School” last week, “giving students, faculty, and other members of the community a chance to see the court in action”;
- an article highlighting how, “[f]ollowing the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of Judge Pauline Newman’s petition for certiorari in June, the Chief Justice of the United States has transferred Newman’s judicial misconduct case to the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council”;
- an article commenting on how “Chief Justice John Roberts has handed 99-year-old U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman a lifeline in her yearslong fight against a suspension imposed by her colleagues, transferring the judicial disability dispute to a federal appeals court”; and
- an article noting how “[i]t took over three years, but the judicial conduct complaint against Judge Pauline Newman has finally left the building.”
Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon wrote an article reporting how the Federal Circuit “heard oral arguments in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom of the University of Chicago Law School” last week, “giving students, faculty, and other members of the community a chance to see the court in action.” Rodwell-Simon quoted a lawyer as saying “his biggest takeaway from this and other court proceedings was seeing that ‘the attorneys who argue before them are people too.'” The Federal Circuit will visit Dallas and the SMU Dedman School of Law in February.
Eileen McDermott authored an article for IPWatchdog highlighting how, “[f]ollowing the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of Judge Pauline Newman’s petition for certiorari in June, the Chief Justice of the United States has transferred Newman’s judicial misconduct case to the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council.” According to McDermott, retired Chief Judge Randall Rader suggested Chief Justice was saying “‘we’ve been embarrassed long enough.’”
Kaelan Deese authored an article for the Denver Gazette commenting on how “Chief Justice John Roberts has handed 99-year-old U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman a lifeline in her yearslong fight against a suspension imposed by her colleagues, transferring the judicial disability dispute to a federal appeals court.” Deese notes “[t]he transfer to the 11th Circuit does not return Newman to the bench or resolve the competing claims about her fitness, though it places the judicial disability proceeding before a new council that will consider the matter outside the Federal Circuit.”
Joe Patrice filed an article with Above the Law noting how “[i]t took over three years, but the judicial conduct complaint against Judge Pauline Newman has finally left the building.” Patrice highlights how “Rep. Scott Fitzgerald introduced a bill that would make a transfer request like this one mandatory going forward.” According to Patrice, “[t]he bill would also impose limits on daisy chaining ‘temporary’ suspensions together.”