Federal Circuit disposition — 26-133

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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In Re ROSALIND C. ABRAMS,
Petitioner
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2026-133
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in No.
1:25-cv-04311-TRJ-JKL, Judge Tiffany R. Johnson.
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ON PETITION
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Before LOURIE, CHEN, and STARK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Rosalind C. Abrams files a petition for a writ of man-
damus seeking to compel certain actions by the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
in her underlying federal employment discrimination case.
While the All Writs Act provides that the federal courts
“may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their
respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and
principles of law,” 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), that statute makes
clear, however, the Act is not itself a grant of jurisdiction,
see Clinton v. Goldsmith, 526 U.S. 529, 534–35 (1999). As
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to matters from United States district courts, this court has
limited subject matter jurisdiction to review decisions in
cases involving the patent laws, 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1); civil
actions on review to the district court from the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, 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). Here, Ms. Abrams’s case does
not fall within any of these categories, and thus, we lack
jurisdiction to consider Ms. Abrams’s petition. Under the
circumstances, we conclude that transfer of the petition to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
is appropriate. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 41, 1291, 1294, 1631.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
This petition and all case filings are transferred to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
April 21, 2026
Date
FOR THE COURT
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