Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal satisfied the formal reasoning requirements of Art. 42 LTF
Extracted holding
No. The appellant did not specifically challenge the finding that his cantonal appeal was premature, and the submissions of 4 and 12 August 2010 did not show how the lower court erred in fact or law.
Extracted reasoning
A federal appeal must state conclusions and reasons and engage with the challenged judgment. Because the appeal attacked an inadmissibility ruling without addressing its decisive ground, the requirements of Art. 42 paras. 1 and 2 LTF were not met.