Ricardo J. Calderon Lopez, dba Starlight Consulting Services, dba Starlight… v. State of California, Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder Office, Office of the…

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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RICARDO J. CALDERON LOPEZ, dba Starlight
Consulting Services, dba Starlight Entertainment
Enterprises, Inc., dba Starlight Music Management,
Inc.,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
REGISTRAR RECORDER OFFICE, OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE, FRANCHISE TAX
BOARD, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Of-
fice of the Secretary of State,
Defendants
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2024-2133
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia in No. 1:19-cv-01139-UNA, Judge Col-
leen Kollar-Kotelly.
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PER C URIAM.
O R D E R
On May 17, 2019, the district court dismissed Ricardo
J. Calderon Lopez’s complaint. Mr. Calderon Lopez
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CALDERON LOPEZ v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2
appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit, which dismissed for failure to
prosecute on October 17, 2019. On July 23, 2024, Mr. Cal-
deron Lopez filed a notice of appeal directed to this court
from a decision entered “05/17/2019” in the district court
action. ECF No. 1-2 at 1.
“[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case
is a jurisdictional requirement,” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S.
205, 214 (2007), and this appeal, filed over five years after
the district court’s May 17, 2019 decision, is clearly un-
timely. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107; Fed. R. App. P. 4. For at least
this reason, we and any other court of appeals lack juris-
diction.
Accordingly,
IT IS O RDERED THAT:
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
August 22, 2024
Date
FOR THE C OURT
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