NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MANETIRONY CLERVRAIN,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

CONNIE LAWSON, MATT HURRELL, Director of 

the Bureau of Prisons, TODD YOUNG, United 

States Senator for Indiana,

Defendants-Appellees

______________________

2022-1483

______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Indiana in No. 1:20-cv-01306-JMSDML, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.

______________________

PER CURIAM. 

O R D E R

Manetirony Clervrain brought this suit in federal district court in Indiana naming government officials as defendants. In December 2020, the court dismissed his

complaint as frivolous. In March and June 2021, the district court denied post-judgment motions. The court also

imposed a filing injunction. On July 4, 2021, Mr. Clervrain

filed an appeal that was transmitted to the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. On July 15, 2021, 

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the district court denied Mr. Clervrain’s motion for leave to 

waive the docketing fee for his appeal. The appeal was

eventually dismissed on February 2, 2022, after Mr. 

Clervrain failed to pay the fee. 

While his first appeal was pending, Mr. Clervrain continued to file submissions at the district court. On August 

20, 2021, the district court ordered various submissions returned to Mr. Clervrain unfiled. On February 15, 2022, 

Mr. Clervrain filed a second notice of appeal referencing 

this court. On the same day, he again moved for leave to 

waive the docketing fee. On March 1, 2022, the district 

court denied the motion, concluding that this appeal was 

not taken in good faith. 

Although this court has jurisdiction over appeals from 

certain decisions of federal district courts, see 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1295(a), that jurisdiction is limited in a way that appears 

to apply here: This court may only hear appeals in certain 

cases stemming from proceedings before the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, see 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1295(a)(4)(C); civil actions arising under the patent laws, 

see § 1295(a)(1); and cases where the district court’s jurisdiction was based in part or in whole on the Little Tucker 

Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), see § 1295(a)(2). Mr. 

Clervrain’s complaint, which is difficult to decipher, does 

not appear to raise any cause of action that would give rise 

to our limited jurisdiction. 

While this court can, under 28 U.S.C. § 1631, transfer 

an appeal to another court in which the appeal could have 

been brought at the time it was filed, the Seventh Circuit

would likewise lack jurisdiction. The timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil action is a “jurisdictional requirement.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). An 

appeal from a final judgment or order in a civil action must 

be filed within 60 days if the case involves the United 

States or one of its agencies or officers in an official capacity. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b); see also Fed. R. App. P. 

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4(a)(1)(B). The district court did not issue any order within 

60 days of receipt of the second notice of appeal at issue 

here. Mr. Clervrain’s attempt to appeal is thus clearly untimely.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) This appeal is dismissed.

(2) Any pending motion is denied as moot.

(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.

April 1, 2022

 Date

 FOR THE COURT

 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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