Kurt Kanam v. DOUG BURGAM, Secretary of the Interior, JANEL BRODERICK, Principal Deputy Assistant…

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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KURT KANAM,
Petitioner-Appellant
PILCHUCK NATION,
Petitioner
v.
DOUG BURGAM, Secretary of the Interior, JANEL
BRODERICK, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs, exercising the delegated author-
ity of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs,
Respondents-Appellees
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2026-1010
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia in No. 1:22-cv-03183-RBW, Judge
Reggie B. Walton.
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ON MOTION
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Before PROST, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
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KANAM v. BURGUM 2
Kurt Kanam filed suit in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia seeking to compel recog-
nition of the Pilchuck Nation. The district court dismissed
the case, and the United States Court of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit summarily affirmed. Thereafter, Mr. Kanam
filed a motion seeking relief from the judgment, and appel-
lees filed an opposition on August 13, 2025. Mr. Kanam
then filed a “Petition for Review” to the “United States
Court of Appeals for the Thirtinth [sic] Circuit,” challeng-
ing the “reply brief of August 13[,] 2025” and invoking 29
U.S.C. § 160(f), which was transmitted to this court. In
response to this court’s show cause order, Mr. Kanam as-
serts he “is not appealing” from the district court but in-
stead seeks review over “inaction on an administrative
petition per 25 CFR 2.600.” ECF No. 8 at 1.
Our jurisdiction over appeals from district court cases
is generally limited to cases involving 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 id. § 1295(a)(4)(C); and cases involving certain damages
claims against the United States not exceeding $10,000 in
amount, id. §§ 1295(a)(2), 1346(a)(2). Mr. Kanam’s case
clearly does not fall into any of these categories. To the
extent Mr. Kanam instead seeks relief relating to 25 C.F.R.
§ 2.600, which appears to address administrative appeals
within the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian
Affairs, he has failed to show this court has jurisdiction or
that transfer to another court would be appropriate.
Accordingly,
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KANAM v. BURGUM 3
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) This matter is dismissed.
(2) All pending motions are denied.
(3) Each party shall bear its own costs.
December 10, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
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