U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California has put Google’s trade secrets case against Uber Technologies Inc. on a fast track.

On Thursday, the former Google employee at the center of the case persuaded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to slow things down, at least for a couple of days.The Federal Circuit temporarily stayed proceedings while it reviews Alsup’s Monday order that refused to let Uber assert Anthony Levandowski’s Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.