In Re JAMES
In Re JAMES
Opinion
Case: 21-108 Document: 4 Page: 1 Filed: 01/21/2021
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________
In re: CALVIN B. JAMES, Petitioner ______________________
2021-108 ______________________
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in No. 4:18-cr-00205-WTM-CLR-1, Judge William T. Moore, Jr. ______________________
ON PETITION ______________________
PER CURIAM. ORDER Calvin B. James petitions for a writ of mandamus granting his “release from custody.” Pet. at 4. We consider whether to transfer his petition to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. James recently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, which was transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, where it appears to remain pending. See James v. Warden, FFC Coleman—USP I, No. 20-cv-00218 (S.D. Ga.). Case: 21-108 Document: 4 Page: 2 Filed: 01/21/2021
2 IN RE: JAMES
The All Writs Act provides that the federal courts “may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their re- spective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and prin- ciples of law.” 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). As 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). It confines issuing such relief only in cases that would fall within this court’s limited jurisdiction, which does not in- clude jurisdiction over the habeas corpus matter or any re- lated criminal case. See 28 U.S.C. § 1295. Because the appropriate regional circuit, here the Eleventh Circuit, would have jurisdiction over any appeal from Mr. James’s habeas action, we will transfer the case to that court. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The petition is transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to the Eleventh Circuit. FOR THE COURT
January 21, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court s28
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