Perales v. United States

NOTE: This order is nonprecedentia1. United States Court of Appeals for the FederaI Circuit AZAEL DYTHIAN PERALES, Plaintr,`ff-Appel£ant, V. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee. 2010-5145 Appea1 from the United States C0urt of Federa1 C1aiIns in case no. 10-CV-460, Judge Marian B1ank Horn. ON MOTION Bef0re L1NN, DYK, and PROST Circwlt Judges. PER CURLA_M. ORDER The United States moves for summary affirmance of the Ju1y 20, 2010 order of the United States C0urt of Federa1 C1aims dismissing Azae1 Dythian Pera1es’ peti- tion for writ 0f habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction. PERALES V. US 2 Perales responds and separately moves for leave to pro- ceed in forma pauperis. Perales filed a document titled "Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The Court of Federal Claims dismissed Perales’ petition, determining that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to grant a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This appeal followed. Summary affirmance of a case is appropriate "when the position of one party is so clearly correct as a matter of law that no substantial question regarding the outcome of the appeal exists.") Joshua v. United States, 17 F.3d 378, 380 (Fed. Cir. 1994). Here, the Court of Federal Claims correctly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction over Perales’ petition. See Leclford u. United States, 297 F.3d 1378, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (“[T]he habeas statute does not list the Court of Federal Claims among those courts empowered to grant a writ of habeas corpus, and the trial court therefore is without power to entertain [a] peti- tion.") Because the Court of Federal Claims correctly held that the petition was not within its jurisdiction, we con- clude that no substantial question regarding the outcome of this appeal exists; therefore, summary affirmance is appropriate. Accordingly, IT ls 0RDERED THAT: (1) The United States’ motion for summary affir- mance is granted. ' (2) Each side shall bear its own costs. (3) Perales’ motion for leave to proceed in forma pau- peris is denied as moot. 3 UCT 26 2010 Date cc: Azael Dythian Perales James R. Sweet, Esq. s20 PERALEs v. Us FoR THE CoURT /s/ J an Horb aly J an Horbaly Clerk 55 ss 512 51 s§_~» |FED APPEA:_s FOR RAL crRcun UCl 26 2010 JANHORBALY 0LERK