Court Opinion

ID: 9326219
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-12-15 16:00:50.847882+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:03.812955
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Case: 22-2188    Document: 4      Page: 1    Filed: 12/15/2022

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                WANDA MARIE ALLEN,
                  Plaintiff-Appellant

                             v.

  WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE BANK, N.A.,
              Defendant-Appellee
            ______________________

                        2022-2188
                  ______________________

   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of North Carolina in No. 5:22-cv-00104-D,
Chief Judge James C. Dever III.
             -------------------------------------------------

                WANDA MARIE ALLEN,
                  Plaintiff-Appellant

                             v.

  WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE BANK, N.A.,
              Defendant-Appellee
            ______________________

                        2022-2190
                  ______________________
Case: 22-2188      Document: 4     Page: 2     Filed: 12/15/2022

2           ALLEN   v. WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE BANK, N.A.

   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of North Carolina in No. 5:22-cv-00105-D,
Chief Judge James C. Dever III.
                 ______________________

PER CURIAM.
                          ORDER
    Wanda Marie Allen has filed the two above-captioned
appeals in this court from district court cases involving al-
legations regarding a mortgage and mortgage insurance
fraud. Neither party has filed a response to this court’s
orders directing the parties to address whether we have ju-
risdiction over these appeals.
    We conclude that we do not have jurisdiction. This
court generally has jurisdiction only over district court
cases arising under the patent laws, civil actions on review
to the district court from the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, and certain damages claims not exceed-
ing $10,000 against the United States. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 1295. These appeals are not within that limited jurisdic-
tion. Although we may transfer a case to the appropriate
regional circuit “if it is in the interest of justice,” 28 U.S.C.
§ 1631, because Ms. Allen already brought appeals to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in
these matters (Fourth Circuit Appeal Nos. 22-1863 and 22-
1864), we conclude that dismissal is appropriate.
    Accordingly,
Case: 22-2188     Document: 4   Page: 3    Filed: 12/15/2022

ALLEN   v. WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE BANK, N.A.          3

    IT IS ORDERED THAT:
    (1) The above-captioned appeals are dismissed.
    (2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
                                  FOR THE COURT

December 15, 2022                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                         Peter R. Marksteiner
                                  Clerk of Court