Federal Circuit disposition — 21-106

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OTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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In re: LUCAS DANIEL REGAN,
Petitioner
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2021-106
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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ON PETITION
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P
ER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Lucas Daniel Regan, I, files a submission received De-
cember 8, 2020 stating that the “one and only supreme law
of [his] religion has which is as follows . . . DO WHAT YOU
WANT,” Pet. at 4, and appears to argue that operation of
the Supremacy Clause and the First Amendment prohibit
laws that impinge on his religious exercise. We regard the
submission as seeking mandamus relief.
We must first address our jurisdiction to consider Rev.
Regan’s submission. See PIN/NIP, Inc. v. Platte Chem.
Co., 304 F.3d 1235, 1241 (Fed. Cir. 2002). This is a court
of limited subject matter jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1295.
Rev. Regan does not identify any decision from which he
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appeals or petitions for review, much less a decision within
the confines of section 1295.
The All Writs Act provides that the federal courts “may
issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their re-
spective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and prin-
ciples of law.” 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). As that statute makes
clear, however, the Act is not itself a grant of jurisdiction.
See Clinton v. Goldsmith, 526 U.S. 529, 534–35 (1999). It
confines issuing such relief only in cases that would fall
within this court’s limited jurisdiction if a proper appeal
had been perfected. Because Rev. Regan identifies no such
case, we must also deny any mandamus relief.
Accordingly,
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T IS ORDERED THAT:
The petition is dismissed.

December 23, 2020
Date
FOR THE COURT

/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
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