Montgomery v. United States

Type

Opinion of the Court

Author

Sharon Prost

Filed

Oct. 3, 2002

Case

Montgomery v. United States

Case status

Decided

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*302 ON MOTION PROST, Circuit Judge. ORDER The United States moves for summary affirmance of the June 7, 2001 judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing Jerry L. Montgomery’s complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Montgomery opposes. Montgomery filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages “in a eight or nine digit figure exceeding multiples of tens of thousands of dollars.” The Court of Federal Claims dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction: Plaintiff, a pro se claimant, is suing here to recover for damages allegedly suffered in connection with what he describes as “civil rights violations,” specifically: Ms segregation in prison based on race, the garnishment of his wages, and the loss of a word processor and other items of personal property. Plaintiff additionally complains of the procedure, purportedly imposed by the Clerk of the Seventh Circuit, requiring payment of $500 before a federal court may hear any challenge to plamtiff s criminal conviction. Assuming the truth of plaintiffs allegations, we nonetheless find that the mjuries he describes are not ones for which this court may provide redress. This court is a court of…

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