Opinion ID: 433837
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Interlocutory Appeals and Jurisdiction

Text: 35 Ray asserts that the pendency of his interlocutory appeal, No. 82-1301, in which he alleged that the second superseding indictment constituted vindictive prosecution, deprived the district court of jurisdiction to try his case. 36 The Supreme Court has recently held that the issue of vindictive prosecution cannot be raised on interlocutory appeal. United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co., 458 U.S. 263, 102 S.Ct. 3081, 73 L.Ed.2d 754 (1982). Because this court could not gain jurisdiction in interlocutory appeal No. 82-1301, that appeal did not divest the district court of jurisdiction. 37 Interlocutory appeal No. 82-1262, in which Ray appeals the denial of his motion to modify the district court's restraining order freezing his assets, also did not oust the district court's jurisdiction. United States v. Crozier, 674 F.2d 1293, 1297 (9th Cir.1982) (district court may retain jurisdiction during interlocutory appeal and proceed with criminal trial). 38 Ray's interlocutory appeals merely underscore the government's argument that Ray suffered no want of industry on the part of his appointed counsel.