Donald Merton Cole v. Department of the Treasury

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DONALD MERTON COLE,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY,
Defendant-Appellee
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2023-1857
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida in No. 0:23-cv-60666-BB,
Judge Beth Bloom.
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Donald Merton Cole brought this suit against the De-
partment of the Treasury and Janet Yellen seeking
$25,000,000,000 in damages relating to allegations of
fraud, money laundering, and “International Terrorism.”
Compl. at 3. The district court dismissed as frivolous. Mr.
Cole filed an appeal seeking review in this court. Because
the case did not appear to fall within our jurisdiction, we
directed the parties to show cause why this case should not
be dismissed or transferred to another court.
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COLE v. TREASURY 2
This court’s jurisdiction to review decisions of federal
district courts is generally limited to cases arising under
the patent laws, 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 § 1295(a)(4)(C); or certain dam-
ages claims against the United States “not exceeding
$10,000 in amount,” 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), see 28 U.S.C.
§ 1295(a)(2). Mr. Cole’s complaint raises none of those
types of claims. Nor, after careful review of Mr. Cole’s var-
ious filings, which raise no cognizable argument that the
district court erred in dismissing his complaint, do we find
it in the interest of justice to transfer this case to another
court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631. See Britell v. United
States, 318 F.3d 70, 75 (1st Cir. 2003) (“[I]t is in the interest
of justice to dismiss [a frivolous appeal] rather than to keep
it on life support (with the inevitable result that the trans-
feree court will pull the plug).” (citation omitted)).
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) All pending motions are denied.
(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.
October 18, 2023
Date
F OR THE COURT
/s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
Jarrett B. Perlow
Clerk of Court
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