Navado J. Jones v. Attorney General, State of Georgia

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 24-11028
Non-Argument Calendar
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NAVADO J. JONES,
Petitioner,
versus
ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF GEORGIA,
COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR,
Respondents.
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Petition for Review of a Decision of the
Department of Labor
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2 Opinion of the Court 24-11028
Agency No. 19CV12414
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Before WILSON, BRASHER , and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic-
tion. Navado Jones appears to appeal directly from a decision of
the Georgia Court of Appeals related to the Georgia Department
of Labor’s denial of unemployment insurance benefits to Jones.
However, we lack jurisdiction to review decisions by state courts
or state agencies. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1294(1), 2342; Fed. R. App. P. 5,
15; Vasquez v. YII Shipping Co., 692 F.3d 1192, 1195 (11th Cir. 2012)
(“[F]ederal courts below the Supreme Court must not become a
court of appeals for state court decisions.”); Staley v. Ledbetter, 837
F.2d 1016, 1017-18 (11th Cir. 1988) (holding that district court
lacked jurisdiction over 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit that effectively “chal-
lenge[d] collaterally the state agency and court proceedings that
terminated [appellant’s] parental rights” and noting that “federal
courts are not a forum for appealing state court decisions”).
All pending motions are DENIED as moot. No petition for
rehearing may be filed unless it complies with the timing and other
requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all other applicable rules.
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