Richard T. Parmlee v. State of Connecticut Office of the Attorney General, State of Connecticut Dept. of…

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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RICHARD T. PARMLEE,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DEPT. OF REVENUE SERVICES,
Defendants-Appellees
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2022-1805
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut in Nos. 3:21-cv-01292-MPS and
3:21-cv-01294-MPS, Judge Michael P. Shea.
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Richard T. Parmlee filed two complaints with the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
against various agencies and individuals associated with
the state of Connecticut, alleging various civil rights viola-
tions and other disputes stemming from an earlier settle-
ment in a 1994 case involving discrimination claims. The
district court consolidated the cases and ultimately dis-
missed the claims. Mr. Parmlee appealed to this court. On
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May 27, 2022, this court directed the parties to show cause
why this appeal should not be dismissed or transferred.
ECF No. 4. The parties thereafter filed their responses.*
We do not have jurisdiction over Mr. Parmlee’s appeal.
This court possesses jurisdiction over only certain appeals
from federal district courts, including cases arising under
the patent laws, see 28 U.S.C. §§ 1295(a)(1), 1295(a)(4)(C),
and certain cases against the United States for claims “not
exceeding $10,000 in amount,” 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), see
28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(2). None of these apply to
Mr. Parmlee’s appeal.
When this court lacks jurisdiction, it may, “if it is in the
interest of justice, transfer such . . . appeal” to the appro-
priate court. 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Under the circumstances
of this case, we deem it the better course to transfer to the
regional circuit where the appeal could have been brought.
Here, that is the United States Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit.
Accordingly,
* Mr. Parmlee also filed a motion for leave to proceed
in forma pauperis (“IFP”) on appeal, ECF No. 6, but the
motion appears to be moot in light of the district court’s
grant of IFP status for Mr. Parmlee, No. 3:21-cv-01292,
ECF No. 23 (Jan. 13, 2022). See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3).
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I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
The appeal and all filings are transferred to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1631.
July 20, 2022
Date
F OR THE COURT
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
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