Case: 23-1851 Document: 36 Page: 1 Filed: 10/13/2023
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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BLAKE JONES,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
RONDA M. FOWLKES GROSS, TODD HUNT,
JAMES O’SHEA, DAVID PERKINS,
Defendants-Appellees
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2023-1851
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan in No. 2:23-cv-10520-SJM-CI,
Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III.
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PER CURIAM.
ORDER
Having considered Blake Jones’s response to the
court’s July 20, 2023, show cause order, we now transfer
his case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit.
Mr. Jones brought this suit against two Michigan state
court judges and two local police officers, asserting claims
relating to his arrest and a petition in probate court for his
mental health treatment. The United States District Court
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for the Eastern District of Michigan dismissed, and Mr.
Jones filed a notice of appeal seeking this court’s review.
This appeal does not fall within the limited authority
that Congress granted this court to review decisions of fed-
eral district courts. That jurisdiction extends only 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 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). Lacking juris-
diction, we may transfer to another court where “the action
or appeal could have been brought at the time it was filed,”
28 U.S.C. § 1631. Here, the appropriate court is the United
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
This appeal and all transmittals are transferred to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit pur-
suant to
28 U.S.C. § 1631.
FOR THE COURT
October 13, 2023 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
Date Jarrett B. Perlow
Clerk of Court
