A judicial council has told the nation's oldest sitting federal judge , 98-year-old Pauline Newman — who was suspended in 2024 amid complaints about her mental health — that she must remain on the legal sidelines for another year based on her continuing to refuse requests for "neuropsychological testing."

"No new material presented in this proceeding since September 6, 2024 — including Judge Newman's materials in support of her motion for reconsideration — changes the council's conclusions that the order for neuropsychological testing was and remains justified and that Judge Newman's refusal to cooperate with that order constitutes serious misconduct," wrote the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a 14-page order on Friday.

The committee had previously requested that Newman,

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