Aug. 3 Date Set for Start of Mediation in Newman's Suit Against Fitness Investigation
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman will begin mediation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with three of her colleagues leading an investigation on her fitness to continue serving on the bench, on Aug. 3. Per a joint notice of continuation of deadline to file a report on mediation, the parties said that they set a date with Judge Thomas Griffith, who was appointed to preside over the mediation (see 2307110045). Griffith sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2005 to 2020 (Newman v. Moore, D.D.C. # 23-01334).
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Newman suggested mediation to the D.C. court in her suit against her colleagues' investigation as a means to expeditiously resolve the dispute. The three judges -- Judges Kimberly Moore, Sharon Prost and Richard Taranto -- initially opposed the idea due to their focus being on Newman's motion for an injunction against the CAFC Judicial Council's vote to suspend Newman from receiving any cases. The district court resolved the issue by staying the briefing on the injunction motion and referring the case to mediation.