Opinion ID: 2011438
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Heading: the motion to remand

Text: In general, the filing of a timely notice of appeal immediately transfers jurisdiction of all matters relating to the appeal from the trial court to the appellate court. 9 J. MOORE, MOORE'S FEDERAL PRACTICE, § 203.11, at 3-45 & n. 1 (1994); see Abrams v. Abrams, 245 A.2d 843, 844 (D.C.1968). As we explained in Carter v. Cathedral Ave. Co-op, Inc., 532 A.2d 681 (D.C.1987), however, [w]hile the line that marks the division between what the trial court may and may not do is usually cast in terms of lack of jurisdiction, the doctrine is judge-made, designed to avoid the confusion and waste of time that might flow from having two courts deal with a single case at the same time. Hence, it is subject to a commonsense flexibility in application.