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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAP AMERICA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAKSHMI ARUNACHALAM,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-01248-PJH 

ORDER DENYING CONSIDERATION 

OF DEFENDANT’S FILINGS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 111, 113

This court is in receipt of defendant counter-claimant Lakshmi Arunachalam’s

(“defendant”) “Motion for District Court Judge to Follow Suit with Six Supreme Court 

Justices Who Took No Part in the Decision of Dr. Lakshmi Arunachalam’s Petition in S. 

Ct. Case No. 19-1983,” Dkt. 111, and “Notice to Clerk of 28 U.S.C. § 2403 Constitutional 

Question/Challenge in This Action Wherein the Constitutionality of Certain Acts of 

Congress Affecting the Public Interest Is Drawn in Question,” Dkt. 113. 

On April 2, 2019, the court granted summary judgment for plaintiff counterdefendant SAP America, Inc., Dkt. 102, and subsequently entered judgment, Dkt. 103. 

On April 17, 2019, defendant filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”). Dkt. 106. On May 1, 2019, the court 

granted defendant’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis for purpose of her 

appeal. Dkt. 110.

Defendant’s appeal remains pending before the Federal Circuit. SAP America, 

Inc. v. Arunachalam, 19-1974. The filing of a notice of appeal divests a district court of 

jurisdiction to consider aspects of the case involved in the appeal. Griggs v. Provident 

Consumer Disc. Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982) (“The filing of a notice of appeal is an event 

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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.”).

The court will not consider the aforementioned or any future filings unless this 

case is remanded by the Federal Circuit.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 18, 2019

/s/ Phyllis J. Hamilton

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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