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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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06cv2376

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD A. THROOP,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEANNE WOODFORD, et. al.,

Defendants. 

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Civil No. 06CV2376 JAH (NLS)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION AS MOOT

[Doc. No. 18]

On February 16, 2007, Plaintiff Edward Throop (“Plaintiff”) filed a motion for

reconsideration of this Court’s decision denying Plaintiff’s motion for temporary restraining

order and preliminary injunction without prejudice. Doc. No. 18. Plaintiff subsequently filed

a notice of interlocutory appeal of this Court’s Order, dated January 23, 2007, with the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals on February 21, 2007. Doc. No. 19. 

Generally, the filing of a notice of appeal “transfers jurisdiction from the district court

to the court of appeals with respect to all matters involved in the appeal.” Masalosalo v.

Stonewall Ins. Co., 718 F.2d 955, 956 (9th Cir. 1983). “The filing of a notice of an 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 Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982). 

 In the instant matter, Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals shortly after the filing of his motion for reconsideration. The filing of Plaintiff’s appeal,

therefore, divested this Court of any jurisdiction on the subject matter of the appeal, in this case

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the same subject matter of his motion for reconsideration: the denial of Plaintiff’s motion for

temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. Accordingly, this Court finds that it

has been divested of jurisdiction over the instant motion, and therefore DENIES Plaintiff’s

motion for reconsideration as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 11, 2007

HON. JOHN A. HOUSTON

United States District Judge

cc: Magistrate Judge Stormes All Counsel of Record

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