Jorge Sanchez v. TIFFANY BELL, Officer, SHAWDE CALLENDER, Lieutenant

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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JORGE SANCHEZ,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TIFFANY BELL, Officer, SHAWDE CALLENDER,
Lieutenant,
Defendants-Appellees
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2024-1518
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut in No. 3:22-cv-01087-SVN, Judge
Sarala V. Nagala.
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
In response to this court’s March 19, 2024 show cause
order, appellees urge dismissal while Jorge Sanchez ap-
pears to argue in favor of this court’s jurisdiction.
On February 12, 2024, the district court entered judg-
ment against Mr. Sanchez on his claims under the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the
First and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
On February 15, 2024, Mr. Sanchez filed a notice of appeal
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directed to this court, and, on February 29, 2024, he filed a
notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit.
Our jurisdiction to review decisions of federal district
courts generally extends only to cases arising under the pa-
tent 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); and cases involving
certain damages claims against the United States “not ex-
ceeding $10,000 in amount,” 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), see 28
U.S.C. § 1295(a)(2); 28 U.S.C. § 1292(c)(1). Mr. Sanchez’s
appeal falls outside of that limited subject matter jurisdic-
tion. Dismissal, rather than transfer, is appropriate be-
cause Mr. Sanchez has already filed an appeal from the
same judgment with the Second Circuit, see 28 U.S.C.
§§ 41, 1291, 1294.
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
(2) All pending motions are denied.
(3) Each party shall bear its own costs.
May 20, 2024
Date
F OR THE COURT
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