
    In re Akube W. NDOROMO, Petitioner.
    Misc. No. 871.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    April 7, 2008.
    Akube W. Ndoromo, pro se.
    Before MAYER, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.
   ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

PER CURIAM.

ORDER

Akube W. Ndoromo petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to recuse himself in a criminal proceeding. Ndoromo also moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

The authority of the court of appeals to issue a writ of mandamus “is restricted by statute to those cases in which the writ is in aid of [appellate] jurisdiction.” Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass’n, 319 U.S. 21, 25, 63 S.Ct. 938, 87 L.Ed. 1185 (1943). We are a court of limited jurisdiction, which does not include appeals in criminal cases. See 28 U.S.C. § 1295. Because we would not have jurisdiction over an appeal in this case, we dismiss Ndoromo’s petition.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) Ndoromo’s petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

(2) Ndoromo’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is moot.  