Jon Ormond Newman
How Judge Newman rules, drawn from 46 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Newman
Jon Ormond Newman is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, Judge Newman received a commission on June 21, 1979. Judge Newman previously served on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, commissioned there on December 15, 1971. Judge Newman assumed senior status on July 1, 1997.
Judge Newman's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Newman's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
How Judge Newman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Clark v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Newman held that the 15-day petition deadline was not an absolute jurisdictional bar and allowed review after a short delay caused by official misinformation to a self-represented litigant.
“compliance with the 15-day time period for filing a petition for review of CFTC orders is not an absolute jurisdictional requirement”
In Maxwell v. City of New York, he held that a jury should assess the plaintiff’s account of her arrest.
“we think a jury should assess Maxwell's account of what occurred during her arrest”
Procedural preferences
In Cole-Hoover, Newman denied a motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely because the appellant filed promptly after the later order, even assuming an earlier order was appealable.
“In the pending case, even if the February 12, 2014, order was appealable, we will not fault the Appellant for timely appealing the May 21, 2015, order.”
Cautions
In United States v. Roitman, Newman concluded that a later misstatement during the plea colloquy did not undo the defendant’s clear appellate waiver.
“it does not affect a waiver that is clear and fully enforceable when entered”
In his separate Peloton concurrence and dissent, Newman agreed with dismissal of claims about six statements but would also have dismissed claims about two others. He assessed the latter statements alongside all publicly disclosed information and concluded they could not mislead reasonable investors.
“Those two statements, assessed in the context of the ‘total mix,’ Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano, 563 U.S. 27, 44 (2011), of all the information publicly disclosed by Peloton, could not be considered false or misleading by reasonable investors.”
In his Dumitru concurrence, Newman accepted that the indictment was lawful while questioning the fairness of bringing three counts for false asylum applications.
“The three-count indictment was lawful. The question remains: Was it fair?”
In his Friends of Animals concurrence, Newman read the environmental-review regulation as requiring additional disclosures when information was unavailable, although he joined the judgment on harmless-error grounds.
“The point is this: the fact that the incomplete information is not essential to a reasoned decision is irrelevant to this case because the clause concerning essential information is located in, and applies only to, subparagraph (a) and does not apply to subparagraph (b). And, to repeat, it is undisputed that the EIS does not comply with the requirements of subparagraph (b), applicable to unavailable information.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“We conclude that the award of attorney’s fees was an appropriate sanction, but reverse the default judgment of forfeiture and remand for consideration of the merits.”
“The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.”
“We affirm the judgment of the District Court on the well-reasoned opinion of Judge Mukasey.”
“The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.”
“Under all the circumstances, we will deny the motion to dismiss the appeal.”
“we denied the County Defendants' petition for rehearing and reconfirm that ruling today.”
“The summary judgment is vacated only to the extent that it rejected the claim of excessive force, which we remand for further proceedings.”
“Accordingly, the petition for review is denied.”
“The petition for rehearing is denied.”
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