Opinion
2024-1254 2024-1255
04-15-2024
JEFFREY SOLOMON K. CHIJIOKE-UCHE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC, Defendant AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., dba GM Financial, Defendant-Appellee JEFFREY SOLOMON K. CHIJIOKE-UCHE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. GENERAL MOTORS, aka GM Buick, Defendant GENERAL MOTORS LLC, Defendant-Appellee
This order is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Nos. 2:19-cv-04006- GJP, 2:20-cv-00216- GJP, Judge Gerald J. Pappert.
Before CHEN, LINN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
In response to the court's January 18, 2024 show cause order, Jeffrey Solomon K. Chijioke-Uche urges this court to retain jurisdiction over these appeals. Appellees have not responded.
Dr. Chijioke-Uche filed the underlying complaints in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania asserting claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act ("MMWA"). He now appeals from the district court's orders granting in part the defendants' motions to strike his proposed narrative testimony and trial exhibits.
Contrary to Dr. Chijioke-Uche's assertion, these appeals fall outside the limited authority that Congress granted this court to review decisions of federal district courts: 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); and cases involving 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).
Instead, any appeal in these matters would belong in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We deem it the better course to transfer to that court, where Dr. Chijioke-Uche may raise, among other things, his arguments regarding 28 U.S.C. § 1292. 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
This matter and all its filings are transferred to the United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.