Huong Thi Nguyen v. Corp. of Catholic Archbishop, William H.s. Pratt, Ryan Miller, Steven Phillip Pyle,…

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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HUONG THI NGUYEN,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
CORP. OF CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP, WILLIAM
H.S. PRATT, RYAN MILLER, STEVEN PHILLIP
PYLE, CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES,
Defendants
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2025-1782
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Western District of Washington in No. 3:24-cv-05996-BHS,
Senior Judge Benjamin H. Settle.
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ON MOTION
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Before TARANTO, CUNNINGHAM, and STARK, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Huong Thi Nguyen appeals from the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Western District of Washington’s
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dismissal of her complaint seeking state worker’s compen-
sation benefits. Having considered Ms. Nguyen’s and the
Corporation of Catholic Archbishop’s responses to the
court’s order directing the parties to show cause why this
appeal should not be dismissed or transferred, we now dis-
miss.
This court’s jurisdiction over appeals from federal dis-
trict courts is generally limited to review of patent cases,
see 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1); civil actions on review to the dis-
trict court from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, see id. § 1295(a)(4)(C); and cases involving certain
damages claims against the United States not exceeding
$ 10,000 in amount, id. §§ 1295(a)(2), 1346(a)(2). Ms. Ngu-
yen’s case does not involve a patent, a patent application,
or a claim against the United States, so we do not have au-
thority to hear her appeal. Since Ms. Nguyen already had
an appeal from the same district court decision docketed
before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit, we conclude that transfer of this appeal to that
court is unnecessary. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) All pending motions are denied.
(3) Each party shall bear its own costs.
August 11, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
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