In re PARKER
Opinion
Case: 26-118 Document: 6 Page: 1 Filed: 01/21/2026
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ In Re DENNIS DONALD PARKER, SUSAN TILLER PARKER, Petitioners ______________________ 2026-118 ______________________ On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina in No. 3:25- cv-13057-DCC-KFM, Judge Donald C. Coggins, Jr. ______________________ ON PETITION AND MOTION ______________________ Before STOLL, WALLACH, and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
ORDER Dennis Donald Parker and Susan Tiller Parker filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Dis- trict of South Carolina over a mortgage dispute with pri- vate parties. After the assigned magistrate judge issued an order denying various relief and directing the Parkers to submit various forms, the Parkers petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus seeking equitable relief.
Case: 26-118 Document: 6 Page: 2 Filed: 01/21/2026
2 IN RE PARKER
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). Our jurisdiction to review decisions of the federal district courts extends only to patent cases, 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 id. § 1295(a)(4)(C); or certain damages claims against the United States “not exceeding $10,000 in amount,” id. § 1346(a)(2), see id. § 1295(a)(2). This case clearly falls out- side that jurisdiction, and therefore we dismiss.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The petition is dismissed, and all pending motions are denied.
FOR THE COURT
January 21, 2026 Date
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