Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-31 15:00:40.422092+00
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Case: 23-1159    Document: 12     Page: 1    Filed: 01/31/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                WILHEMINA LUMPKIN,
                   Plaintiff-Appellant

                             v.

 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of the So-
          cial Security Administration,
                 Defendant-Appellee
               ______________________

                        2023-1159
                  ______________________

     Appeal from the United States District Court for the
 District of Connecticut in No. 3:20-cv-01516-RAR, Magis-
 trate Judge Robert A. Richardson.
                  ______________________

                      ON MOTION
                  ______________________

    Before TARANTO, MAYER, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                         ORDER
      Wilhemina Lumpkin has filed an appeal from a final
 judgment of the United States District Court for the Dis-
 trict of Connecticut affirming the denial of her application
 for social security disability benefits. Appellee moves to
Case: 23-1159     Document: 12     Page: 2    Filed: 01/31/2023

 2                                        LUMPKIN   v. KIJAKAZI

 transfer Ms. Lumpkin’s appeal to the United States Court
 of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Ms. Lumpkin moves in
 opposition of transfer. We grant the appellee’s motion.
     Ms. Lumpkin’s appeal does not fall within the limited
 authority that Congress granted this court to review deci-
 sions of federal district courts under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a).
 That jurisdiction is limited to cases arising under the pa-
 tent 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).
 This case does not fall into any of those categories.
      When this court lacks jurisdiction, we may transfer to
 another court, if it is in the interest of justice, where “the
 action or appeal could have been brought at the time it was
 filed.” 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Appeals from district court deci-
 sions issued under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) generally belong in
 the regional circuit in which the district court sits, in this
 case the Second Circuit.
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
    The appellee’s motion is granted, and Ms. Lumpkin’s
 motion is denied. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, this case
 and all transmittals are transferred to the United States
 Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
                                      FOR THE COURT

 January 31, 2023                     /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                           Peter R. Marksteiner
                                      Clerk of Court