Opinion
2023-1865
10-25-2023
CHEYENNE MITCHELL FRAZIER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MARLIN, TX, Defendant NATHAN SODEK, by and through his heirs at law, Vicki Sodek and Randy Sodek, Defendant-Appellee
This order is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in No. 6:19-cv-00645-JCM, Magistrate Judge Jeffrey C. Manske.
Before DYK, CUNNINGHAM, and STARK, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Having received no response to the court's July 12, 2023, order to show cause, we now transfer.
Cheyenne Mitchell Frazier filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against former Chief of Police Nathan Sodek, his heirs, and the city of Marlin, Texas, asserting violation of her civil rights, Fourth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution, and rights under the Texas Constitution. The district court dismissed Ms. Frazier's case for failure to prosecute. She then filed an appeal seeking review in this court.
This appeal does not fall within the limited authority that Congress granted this court to review decisions of federal district courts. That jurisdiction extends 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); 28 U.S.C. § 1292(c)(1). Lacking jurisdiction, we may transfer to another court where "the action or appeal could have been brought at the time it was filed." 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Here, the appropriate court is the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
This appeal and all transmittals are transferred to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.