Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-14 16:01:15.579339+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:50:16.857967
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Case: 23-2259    Document: 23     Page: 1    Filed: 12/14/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

          LEOPOLD R. BRANDENBURG, SR.,
                Plaintiff-Appellant

                             v.

            U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
                   Defendant-Appellee
                 ______________________

                        2023-2259
                  ______________________

     Appeal from the United States District Court for the
 District of Columbia in No. 1:22-cv-02120-BAH, Judge
 Beryl A. Howell.
                  ______________________

     Before PROST, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                         ORDER
     Leopold R. Brandenburg, Sr. brought this action chal-
 lenging his separation from federal employment and the
 denial of a waiver from his obligation to pay back over
 $100,000 in unearned salary. The United States District
 Court for the District of Columbia dismissed his complaint.
 Mr. Brandenburg has appealed that judgment to this court.
 Having now considered the parties’ responses to this
 court’s show cause order, we transfer the case to the United
Case: 23-2259    Document: 23     Page: 2    Filed: 12/14/2023

 2                  BRANDENBURG v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-
 cuit.
     This appeal does not fall within the limited authority
 that Congress granted this court to review decisions of fed-
 eral district courts. That jurisdiction generally extends to
 cases arising under the patent 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); 28 U.S.C.
 § 1292(c)(1); Bragg v. Keohane, 820 F.2d 402, 403–04 (Fed.
 Cir. 1987). And Mr. Brandenburg’s case does not fit into
 any of those categories. Accordingly, we transfer to the
 D.C. Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 1294(1); 28 U.S.C.
 § 1631.
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
     This appeal and all transmittals are transferred to the
 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
 Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
                                              FOR THE COURT

 December 14, 2023
      Date