Watkins v. District of Columbia

Case: 25-1882 Document: 20 Page: 1 Filed: 12/09/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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RONALD KEITH WATKINS,

Petitioner v.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

Respondent ______________________ 2025-1882 ______________________

Appeal from the DC Office of Risk Management in No. C-GL-25-03659.

______________________ ON MOTION ______________________

Before PROST, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.

ORDER

Ronald Keith Watkins seeks review of a June 2, 2025 letter from the District of Columbia, Office of Risk Manage- ment and of a June 17, 2025 email from the General Coun- sel of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. ECF No. 1-2 at 1–3. In response to this court’s show cause order, Mr. Watkins urges us to retain jurisdiction or, Case: 25-1882 Document: 20 Page: 2 Filed: 12/09/2025 2 WATKINS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA alternatively, to transfer to the United States Court of Ap- peals for the District of Columbia Circuit or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. ECF No. 11 at 6, 7. The Dis- trict of Columbia responds urging dismissal. Mr. Watkins moves for leave to file a reply. ECF No. 16.

This is a court of limited jurisdiction which does not include authority to directly review the letter or email here. See 28 U.S.C. § 1295; Practice Notes to Fed. Cir. R. 15 (not- ing examples of other review statutes). While 28 U.S.C. § 1631 authorizes this court to transfer an action or appeal to another federal court where it could have been brought in the first instance, on the papers submitted, Mr. Watkins has not shown his case could have been brought in either the D.C. Circuit or the D.C. Court of Appeals, or that we even have the authority to transfer this case to the latter tribunal, see § 1631 (incorporating 28 U.S.C. § 610)).

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) ECF No. 16 is granted only to the extent that the reply is accepted for filing.

(2) The appeal is dismissed. (3) All other pending motions are denied. (4) Each side shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT December 9, 2025

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