Tracy Nixon v. General Motors Corporation

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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TRACY NIXON,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellee
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2022-2183
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas in No. 2:19-cv-00287-JRG-RSP,
Chief Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap.
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ON MOTION
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Tracy Nixon appeals from the district court’s dismissal
of his complaint and moves for leave to proceed in forma
pauperis. In a prior attempt to appeal from this suit, we
explained that Mr. Nixon’s complaint failed “to present a
non-frivolous claim arising under the patent laws” and that
his case was “outside of our limited jurisdiction.” Nixon v.
Gen. Motors Corp., No. 2021-1120, slip. op. at 2 (Fed. Cir.
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NIXON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 2
Jan. 21, 2021) (citation and internal quotation marks omit-
ted). Nothing has changed that would warrant a different
conclusion here. We therefore transfer this appeal pursu-
ant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to the appropriate regional circuit,
the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, this appeal and all trans-
mittals are transferred to the United States Court of Ap-
peals for the Fifth Circuit.
October 19, 2022
Date
F OR THE COURT
s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
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