Lokker

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 19 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RYAN LOKKER, an individual, No. 24-3445 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 5:23-cv-01106-RGK-SHK v.

MEMORANDUM*

WALMART INC.; DOES, 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 24, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: R. NELSON and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.**

Plaintiff–Appellant Ryan Lokker (“Lokker”) appeals the district court’s entry

of final judgment in his whistleblower retaliation and wrongful termination suit

against Walmart, Inc. (“Walmart”). Lokker argues that the district court erred by

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** This decision was issued by a quorum of the panel. See 28 U.S.C. § 46(d); Ninth Circuit General Order 3.2(h). dismissing his whistleblower retaliation suit as time-barred, entering…