Timothy R. Petrozzi v. United States

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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TIMOTHY R. PETROZZI,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee
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2026-1004
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Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims
in No. 1:25-cv-00696-PSH, Judge Philip S. Hadji.
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ON MOTION
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PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Timothy R. Petrozzi appeals from the final judgment of
the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing his
Complaint and certifying that any appeal would not be
taken in good faith and moves for leave to proceed in forma
pauperis. In response to this court’s show cause order, the
United States moves to summarily affirm. ECF No. 11.
Mr. Petrozzi submits a “declaration” and opening brief.
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This is the latest in Mr. Petrozzi’s series of suits at-
tempting to relitigate his prior state criminal proceedings
and resulting involuntary medication order. In January
2025, this court summarily affirmed the Court of Federal
Claims’s lack-of-jurisdiction dismissal of his complaint al-
leging medical and legal malpractice, genocide, civil rights
violations, and violations of the Third and Eighth Amend-
ments to the United States Constitution. Petrozzi v. United
States, No. 2025-1041, 2025 WL 66200 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10,
2025).
Undeterred, Mr. Petrozzi again filed suit in the Court
of Federal Claims in April 2025 raising essentially the
same allegations against the same federal and state gov-
ernment entities and officials. That court again dismissed
for the same reasons it dismissed his earlier claims and be-
cause the claims were barred by issue preclusion. The
court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal
would not be taken in good faith. Nonetheless, this appeal
followed.
Summary affirmance is appropriate because there is no
“substantial question regarding the outcome” of the appeal.
Joshua v. United States, 17 F.3d 378, 380 (Fed. Cir. 1994)
(citation omitted). As relevant here, the jurisdiction of the
Court of Federal Claims is limited to monetary damages
claims against the United States that do not sound in tort.
28 U.S.C. § 1491. For the same reasons that this court ex-
plained to Mr. Petrozzi in his prior appeal, the Court of
Federal Claims was clearly correct that Mr. Petrozzi’s
claims here fall outside its jurisdiction.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The United States’s motion is granted. The judg-
ment of the United States Court of Federal Claims is sum-
marily affirmed.
(2) All other pending motions are denied.
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(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.
January 30, 2026
Date
FOR THE COURT
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