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Date Created: 2023-09-05 14:00:53.847592+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                      ____________
No. 23-5130                                                September Term, 2023
                                                                       1:23-cv-01054-TSC
                                                      Filed On: September 5, 2023
Harold Jean-Baptiste,

              Appellant

        v.

United States Department of Justice, et al.,

              Appellees

             ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                       FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

        BEFORE:      Henderson, Walker, and Garcia, Circuit Judges

                                     JUDGMENT

        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). Upon consideration of the foregoing, the motion to obtain
Freedom of Information Act data, and motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, it
is

        ORDERED that the motion to proceed in forma pauperis be dismissed as moot.
It is

      FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to obtain Freedom of Information Act data
be denied because appellant has not shown that he is entitled to the relief sought. It is

        FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s May 31, 2023
order be affirmed. The district court correctly concluded that it lacked subject-matter
jurisdiction over appellant’s amended complaint, which was “patently insubstantial.”
Tooley v. Napolitano, 586 F.3d 1006, 1009 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (internal quotation marks
omitted). Further, appellant’s allegations of judicial bias are without merit. See Liteky v.
United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555 (1994) (“[J]udicial rulings alone almost never
constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion.”).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5130                                                September Term, 2023

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/
                                                         Daniel J. Reidy
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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