Jane Doe v. United States

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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JANE DOE,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee
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2026-1276
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Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims
in No. 1:25-cv-00111-TMD, Judge Thompson M. Dietz.
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Before T ARANTO, HUGHES , and STOLL , Circuit Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
In September 2025, we dismissed Jane Doe’s appeal
from the United States Court of Federal Claims’s judg-
ment, and in December 2025, Ms. Doe filed this appeal
seeking review of the Court of Federal Claims’s rejection of
her “Certificate of Service” submitted earlier that month in
the closed case. We directed the parties to show cause, and
the United States urges dismissal. Ms. Doe responds seek-
ing various relief. We dismiss.
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DOE v. US 2
This court’s jurisdiction is limited to review of “final de-
cision[s]” by the Court of Federal Claims, 28 U.S.C.
§ 1295(a)(3). Ministerial orders and administrative deci-
sions “are not the kind[s] of decisions or orders” that are
subject to such appellate review. Ayestas v. Davis, 584 U.S.
28, 38–39 (2018) (cleaned up and citations omitted); Amara
v. Cigna Corp., 53 F.4th 241, 252 (2d Cir. 2022) (collecting
cases). In circumstances like these, courts have dismissed
appeals from orders merely performing housekeeping func-
tions based on prior judicial rulings, see, e.g., In re Sunde,
815 F. App’x 216, 217 (9th Cir. 2020), and we see no basis
to allow an appeal from such an order here.
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Any pending motions are denied.
(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.
June 10, 2026
Date
F OR THE COURT
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