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No. 18-1732C 

### UNPUBLISHED 

### (Filed: November 20, 2018)


### KASEBAJALE A. 

### MAYO,

Plaintiff,

TINITED STATES, 

### Lack of 

### Jurisdiction; RCFC 12(h)(3); Pro Se 

### Plaintiff; Fair Housing 

### Act; Americans 

### with Disabilities 

### Act; Transfer to a 

### United States 

### District Court.

Defendant.



### OPINIONAND ORDER 

### CAMPBELL-SMITH, Judge. The court has before 

### it the 

### complaint and 

### plaintiff sapplication to proceed 

### in forma 

### pauoeris. As explained 

### below, the 

### complaint states claims related to 

### unfair housing practices and

### disability discrimination which are not

### within this 

### court's 

### jurisdiction. Transfer to the 

### United States 

### District Courtfor the 

### District of Colorado is appropriate. 

# I. Jurisdiction 

### "A court may and should raise the question

### of its

### jurisdiction sua sponte at any 

### time 

### it appears 

### in

### doubt." Arctic Comer. Inc. v. 

### United States, 845 F.2d 999, 1000 (Fed. 

## cir. 1988) 

### (citation 

### omitted). If there is no

### jurisdiction in this court over acomplaint, the suit must be dismissed pursuant to 

### Rule 

### l2(h)(3) of the Rules of the 

### united States 

### court of Federal Claims (RCFC). TheTucker 

### Act delineates this court's

### jurisdiction. 28 

### U.S.C. 

### g

## l49l (2012). That statute "confers

### jurisdiction upon the 

### court ofFederal 

### claims over the specified categories 

### of actions brought against the 

### United 

### States.', Fisher

### v. United States, 402 

### F.3d 

### I167, 1172 (Fed. 

### Cir. 2005) (en banc) (citations 

### omitted). These include moneydamages claims against the federal govemment founded upon the 

### Constitution, an act

## of

Congress, a regulation promulgated 

### by an executive department, any express

### or implied contract

### with the 

### United States, or any 

### claim for liquidated or 

### unliquidated damages 

### in cases not sounding in

## tort. Id. (citing 28 U.S.C. 

### $ 1a91(a)(1)). 

### Plaintiff sclaims arefounded on allegations 

### of unfair housing practices and 

### discrimination based on a

### disability. SeeECFNo. 

## l at

# l. This court has no

### jurisdiction over either category 

### of

### claims. See. e.s., 

### Maclin v. 

### United States, 121 Fed. 

### CL.66,67-68 (20 I5) 

### (finding that the Court 

### of Federal Claims lacks

### jurisdiction to consider claims made pursuant to the Americans 

### with Disabilities 

### Act) (citation omitted); Bushv. 

### United States,627 

### F.App'x 928,930 (Fed.

### Cir.2016)(notingthattheCourtofFederalClaims lacks

### jurisdiction over claims alleging 

### violations of the Fair Housing 

### Act) (citation omitted). 

# II. Transfer Because 

### plaintiff s

### complaint is not

### within this court's

### jurisdiction, the court considers whether transfer to another federal court is

### appropriate. Transfer 

### of cases 

### from this court to a

### district court is governed by 28 U.S.C. 

### $ 163l (2012), 

### which states 

### in relevant 

### part, as

### follows: Whenever a

### civil action is

### filed in [this] court

. . . and 

### [this] court 

### finds that there is a

### want 

### ofjurisdiction, the court shall, 

### if it is in the interest

### ofjustice, transfer such action 

### or appeal 

### to any other such 

### court in 

### which the action or appeal 

### could have been 

### brought at the 

### time 

### it was 

### filed or noticed, and the action or appeal shall proceed as

### if it had been 

### filed in or noticed for thecourt 

### to

### which 

### it is transferred on the date upon 

### which it was 

### actually 

### filed in or noticed 

### for the court 

### from which 

### it istransferred. 

## Id. In the 

### court's view, transfer is appropriate and in the interest

### ofjustice inthis case. 

### This court cannot evaluate the merits of 

### plaintiff sallegations, but 

### ifplaintiffhas been the 

### victim 

### ofunfair housing practices 

### or discrimination on the basis

### ofa disability, acourt

## of proper

### jurisdiction 

### will be ableto 

### provide redress. 

# IIL Conclusion For the 

### limited purpose 

### of determining that the court lacks 

### jurisdiction over the complaint, the court 

### GRANTS 

### plaintiff sapplication to proceed 

### in forma pauperis, ECF 

### No.

# 4. It is hereby 

### ORDERED that the 

### clerk's office is directed, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

### $ 1631,to 

### TRANSFER this suitto the 

### United States 

### District Court for the 

### District

## of Colorado.

### IT IS SO

### ORDERED.



### ATRICIAE. CAMPB