Fed. Cir.

Calderon Lopez v. State of California

May 4, 2026 ·26-1555 ·Panel Decision · By Raj Patel

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by Ricardo J. Calderon Lopez as untimely and frivolous. This order follows a prior dismissal of an identical appeal by the same court in two thousand and twenty-four.

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Background

The appellant, Ricardo J. Calderon Lopez, filed an appeal from a district court judgment entered in two thousand and nineteen. This court had previously dismissed an identical appeal from the same judgment in two thousand and twenty-four.

The court’s reasoning

The court found the appeal clearly untimely and frivolous, noting that it follows an identical appeal the court dismissed as untimely years ago.

What it means going forward

The appeal is dismissed, and each party must bear its own costs.

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