Shasta Casey Howell, aka Shasta Casey How- ell McCallum v. United States

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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SHASTA CASEY HOWELL, aka Shasta Casey How-
ell McCallum,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee
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2024-1775
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Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims
in No. 1:24-cv-00362-SSS, Judge Stephen S. Schwartz.
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Before STOLL , CUNNINGHAM , and STARK, Circuit Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
In response to this court’s May 15, 2024 show cause or-
der, the United States urges dismissal. Shasta Casey How-
ell has not filed a response, though the court has received
other filings from Ms. Howell in the interim.
Ms. Howell filed a notice of appeal from the United
States Court of Federal Claims’s denial of any relief re-
quested in her letter dated March 25, 2024, and from the
court’s rejection of one of her other filings. Meanwhile at
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the trial court, Ms. Howell has moved for summary judg-
ment and the United States has moved to dismiss. Both
motions remain pending.
In general, we only have jurisdiction over “an appeal
from a final decision of the United States Court of Federal
Claims.” 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(3) (emphasis added). A final
decision “is one which ends the litigation on the merits and
leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judg-
ment.” Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945).
Here, no such decision has been entered, and Ms. Howell
does not identify, and the court is not aware of, any other
basis for this court’s review of the challenged actions at this
time. If necessary, Ms. Howell may seek this court’s review
by filing a timely notice of appeal after a final decision has
been entered in her case.
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
July 10, 2024
Date
F OR THE COURT
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