Kengne v. Georgia Power Company

Case: 22-2175 Document: 3 Page: 1 Filed: 02/28/2023

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

______________________ RAISSA DJUISSI KENGNE, Plaintiff-Appellant v.

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY,

Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2022-2175 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in No. 1:22-cv-02297-SEG, Judge Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty.

______________________

Before DYK, REYNA, and CHEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.

ORDER

After receiving no response to this court’s November 16, 2022, order to show cause, we now dismiss.

Raissa Djuissi Kengne filed this civil action alleging claims against the Georgia Power Company over her ser- vice and account. She also moved for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). On June 10, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation to deny her IFP status and dismiss the case. Ms. Kengne filed Case: 22-2175 Document: 3 Page: 2 Filed: 02/28/2023 2 KENGNE v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY objections from that report with the district court and a no- tice of appeal that was transmitted to both the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and this court. The district court thereafter adopted the report and recommendation.

This case is not within the limited authority granted to us by Congress to review federal district court decisions un- der 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a). That jurisdiction generally ex- tends only to cases arising under 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 § 1295(a)(4)(C); or certain damages claims against the United States “not exceeding $10,000 in amount,” 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), see 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(2). This case does not fall into any of those categories.

Although this court may transfer a case to the appro- priate regional circuit “if it is in the interest of justice,” 28 U.S.C. § 1631, we conclude that transfer here is not appro- priate. The Eleventh Circuit has already dismissed Ms. Kengne’s materially identical appeal. See Kengne v. Ga. Power Co., No. 22-12828, slip op. at 1 (11th Cir. Sept. 29, 2022). Moreover, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a mag- istrate judge’s report and recommendation is not an ap- pealable judgment and the premature notice of appeal does not “perfect the appeal as of the date of the district court’s judgment.” Perez-Priego v. Alachua Cnty. Clerk of Ct., 148 F.3d 1272 (11th Cir. 1998) (citations omitted).

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The appeal is dismissed.

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(2) Each party shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT February 28, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court