Upstream Holdings, LLC v. Brekunitch

Case: 24-1924 Document: 86 Page: 1 Filed: 04/14/2026

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

UPSTREAM HOLDINGS, LLC,

Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant MIDWAY METALS LLC, CONTRACTOR METALS,

LLC, ERIC BACHMAN, ANDREW BACHMAN,

ADELLA BACHMAN, JAMES BACHMAN,

Counterclaim Defendants-Appellants v.

STEVEN C. BREKUNITCH, ERIC J. MORTENSON, BREK LEASING, LLC, CARLOS LOPEZ, CHARLES GARCIA,

Defendants/Counter-Claimants-Appellees M AND M MACHINERY, MARTIN LOPEZ, SR., Defendants-Appellees

DOES, 1-7,

Defendant ______________________

2024-1924, 2024-2143 ______________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 2:22-cv-03513-MCS- RAO, Judge Mark C. Scarsi. ______________________ Case: 24-1924 Document: 86 Page: 2 Filed: 04/14/2026

JUDGMENT ______________________ JAMES EDWARD BACHMAN, Omaha, NE, argued for plaintiff/counterclaim defendant-appellant and counter- claim defendants-appellants.

STEPHEN VEGH, Vegh IP Legal, Manhattan Beach, CA, argued for defendants-appellees and defendants/counter- claimants-appellees. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, LOURIE and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 14, 2026

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