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Parties Involved:
Sherman Lamont Fields
Appellant
Loretta E. Lynch
Appellee
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 16-5041 September Term, 2015

1:16-cv-00035-UNA

Filed On: July 26, 2016

Sherman Lamont Fields,

Appellant

v.

United States of America and Loretta E.

Lynch, Attorney General,

Appellees

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Rogers and Kavanaugh, Circuit Judges, and Ginsburg, Senior

Circuit Judge

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.

34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's order, entered January 15,

2016, be affirmed. Appellant sought, by means of the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651,

to have the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia take action he thought should

have been taken by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. But the All Writs Act

"is not itself a grant of jurisdiction." In re Tennant, 359 F.3d 523, 527 (D.C. Cir. 2004). 

Nor does the All Writs Act "enlarge th[e] jurisdiction" of a court. Clinton v. Goldsmith,

526 U.S. 529, 535 (1999). The district court in the District of Columbia has no

jurisdiction to review a decision by a district court in Texas – or any appeals therefrom –

or any claims by appellant stemming from those decisions. Consequently, the district

court properly dismissed his petition.

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 16-5041 September Term, 2015

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk 

BY: /s/

Ken Meadows 

Deputy Clerk/LD

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