NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SISTER E. JONES-BEY,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

PAMELA K. CHEN, MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, LETITIA JAMES, LOUIS L. STANTON, 

UNITED STATES, STATE OF NEW YORK, 

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES, 

NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, JOSEPHINE 

ANTOINE, GRISEL CABAN, (NFN) ANWANA, (NFN) 

EMMANUEL, DANA LACASSE, BRENDA RAMIREZ, 

BARBARA DANIELY, JAQUELINE D. WILLIAMS, 

ELIZABETH BARNETT, VANESSA WILLIAMS, 

RONNA GORDON-GLACHUS, ANDREA AMOA, 

PAUL M. HENSLEY, JOE MORGANO, DEANNA 

FLAHERTY, KELLI MUSE, ANDREW LEE, 

TIMOTHY MARSH, ABENA DARKEH, ALICIA 

FRISH, MICHAEL MANCILLA, MICHELLE GIGLIO, 

(NFN) TODDMAN, (NFN) GELLINEAU, (NFN) 

QUINTERO, (NFN) EPTISTEIN, SANDRINA 

OSBORN, (NFN) FITZGERALD, (NFN) SANTOS, 

(NFN) FERACEA, (NFN) RUSSELL, (NFN) ROKE, 

(NFN) BECKETT, (NFN) HILDALGO, (NFN) 

ALMONTE, (NFN) SOLOMON, (NFN) CANALES, 

(NFN) SHEA, JOSEPH SCHWARCZ, dba All Year 

Management, NATHAN SCHWARZ, dba All Year 

Management, ENRIQUE ‘RENE’ RIVERA, YOEL 

GOLDMAN, dba All Year Management, VICKNELL 

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POWELL, JANE POWELL, WILLIAM PIERCE, 

SHANTA PIERCE,

Defendants-Appellees

______________________

2022-2019

______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of New York in No. 1:21-cv-06142-LTS, 

Judge Laura Taylor Swain.

______________________

PER CURIAM.

O R D E R

In response to this court’s August 29, 2022, show cause 

order, the United States urges dismissal of this appeal rather than transfer. Sister E. Jones-Bey moves for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis and responds in favor of this 

court’s jurisdiction and consolidation with Appeal No. 

2022-1965*, or, failing that, requests transfer to the Supreme Court of the United States. 

Ms. Jones-Bey’s complaint alleged various claims 

against 57 defendants, including civil rights violations, violation of her constitutional rights, and conspiracy. She 

sought injunctive relief and over $250 million in damages. 

On September 17, 2021, the United States District Court 

for the Southern District of New York dismissed the complaint but allowed Ms. Jones-Bey the opportunity to replead certain claims. Ms. Jones-Bey appealed to the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 

* Appeal No. 2022-1965 was transferred on October 

18, 2022, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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which dismissed. Following the Second Circuit’s mandate, 

the district court entered final judgment dismissing the 

case after Ms. Jones-Bey failed to timely file an amended 

complaint. This appeal followed. 

 Although this court possesses jurisdiction to review 

certain decisions of federal district courts, that jurisdiction 

is limited in a way that applies here: this court has jurisdiction only over 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 exceeding $10,000 in amount,” 28 

U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), see 28 U.S.C.§ 1295(a)(2). Ms. JonesBey’s case falls outside of that limited jurisdiction. 

Although the government urges dismissal, we deem it 

the better course to transfer for the appropriate court to 

consider the issues raised in this appeal. That court would 

be the Second Circuit, not the Supreme Court. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. 

Accordingly, 

 IT IS ORDERED THAT: 

The appeal and all its filings are transferred to the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631. 

November 15, 2022

 Date

FOR THE COURT

/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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