Supreme Court Rejects Bid by Appeals Judge, 98, to Be Reinstated

Judge Pauline Newman’s medical expert reported she was a ‘Super-Ager,’ who is as active and healthy as someone 20 years younger or more.

Judge Pauline Newman, who is on the U.S. Court Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, poses in her office in Washington on May 3, 2023. Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 15 declined to take up the case of a 98-year-old federal judge’s challenge to her ongoing suspension from an appeals court in the nation’s capital.

The court’s new decision in Newman v. Moore took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision.