Long v. Attorney General of United States

1 Citing case

  1. Feldman v. Henman

    815 F.2d 1318 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 125 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "district court should not entertain a habeas corpus petition while there is an appeal pending in [the court of appeals] . . . [because] disposition of the appeal may render the [habeas corpus writ] unnecessary."

    Wolfson, 340 F. Supp. at 971 (citations omitted). See also Long v. Attorney General of the United States, 406 F. Supp. 186, 188-89 (D.Ariz. 1975). Cf. Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58, 103 S.Ct. 400, 402, 74 L.Ed.2d 225 (1982) (per curiam) (filing of notice of appeal divests district court of jurisdiction); United States v. Edwards, 800 F.2d 878, 883-84 (9th Cir. 1986) (district court without jurisdiction to make determinations after filing of notice of appeal); Doyle v. United States, 721 F.2d 1195, 1197 (9th Cir. 1983) (filing of notice of appeal transfers jurisdiction to the court of appeals with respect to all matters involved in the appeal so as "to avoid the confusion and inefficiency of two courts considering the same issues simultaneously"); Newhouse v. Robert's Ilima Tours, Inc., 708 F.2d 436, 441-42 (9th Cir. 1983) (district court cannot decide matters beyond scope of remand order).