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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 Date