Dee Monbo v. United States

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DEE MONBO,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee
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2025-1495
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Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims
in No. 1:24-cv-01658-CNL, Judge Carolyn N. Lerner.
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ON MOTION
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Before L OURIE, M AYER, and D YK, Circuit Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Dee Monbo seeks to appeal from the United States
Court of Federal Claims’s denial of her motions to stay the
case and for additional time to respond to the United
States’s motion to dismiss the complaint. On March 14,
2025, this court directed the parties to address this court’s
jurisdiction. Ms. Monbo has not filed a response. The
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United States moves for a second and third extension of
time to file its response.
In general, this court only has jurisdiction to review a
“final decision” of the Court of Federal Claims, 28 U.S.C.
§ 1295(a)(3), which is one that “ends the litigation on the
merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute
the judgment,” Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233
(1945). Here, the trial court’s denial of a motion to stay or
for an extension of time is plainly not such a final decision.
Because we lack jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal and
deny the government’s motion as unnecessary.
Accordingly
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) All pending motions are denied.
(3) Each party shall bear its own costs.
May 19, 2025
Date
F OR THE COURT
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