Federal Circuit disposition — 25-146

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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In Re LARRY D. FORD,
Petitioner
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2025-146
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Texas in No.
4:22-cv-02162, Judge Andrew S. Hanen.
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ON PETITION AND MOTION
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Before LOURIE, PROST, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Larry D. Ford’s petition for a writ of mandamus, alleg-
ing that “states’ governors and attorney generals” are vio-
lating federal laws and his civil rights, ECF No. 2 at 16
(capitalization omitted), follows a prior unsuccessful suit in
a Texas federal district court raising similar allegations
and the dismissal of a substantially identical petition filed
with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Cir-
cuit.
The All Writs Act provides that the federal courts “may
issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their
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respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and
principles of law.” 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). As that statute
makes clear, however, the Act is not itself a grant of juris-
diction. See Clinton v. Goldsmith, 526 U.S. 529, 534–35
(1999). Our jurisdiction to review decisions of the federal
district courts extends only to patent cases, see 28 U.S.C.
§ 1295(a)(1); civil actions on review to the district court
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, see
id. § 1295(a)(4)(C); or certain damages claims against the
United States “not exceeding $10,000 in amount,” id.
§ 1346(a)(2), see id. § 1295(a)(2). This case clearly falls out-
side that jurisdiction. Under the circumstances, we deem
it appropriate to dismiss rather than transfer the petition.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
The petition is dismissed, and any pending motion is
denied.
September 10, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
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