This blog is a great way to save stuff I might need at a later time. I knew that an appeal divests the trial court of most jurisdiction but was not sure where it says that. I happened to run into the law in a Judge Kaufman tentative I was reading today.
“The filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional significance—it confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.” Griggs v. Provident Consumer Disc. Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982). “The timely filing of a notice of appeal to either a district court or bankruptcy appellate panel will typically divest a bankruptcy court of jurisdiction ‘over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.’” In re Sherman, 491 F.3d 948, 967 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting In re Padilla, 222 F.3d 1184, 1190 (9th Cir. 2000)). “The bankruptcy court retains jurisdiction over all other matters that it must undertake ‘to implement or enforce the judgment or order,’ although it ‘may not alter or expand upon the judgment.’” Id. (quoting Padilla, 222 F.3d at 1190).