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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc, saying a federal appeals court order directing it to remove an anti-Islamic film from its YouTube video sharing website would have devastating effects if allowed to stand, asked the court to put it on hold. Earlier this week, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to reject Googles assertion that the removal of the film Innocence of Muslims, which sparked protests across the Muslim world, amounted to a prior restraint of speech that violated the U.S. Constitution. In a court filing on Thursday, Google argued that the video should remain accessible to the public while it asks that a larger, 11-judge 9th Circuit panel review the issue. Google called this weeks order unprecedented and sweeping. The plaintiff, Cindy Lee Garcia, had objected to the film after learning that it incorporated a clip she had made for a different movie, which had been partially dubbed and in which she appeared to be asking: Is your Mohammed a child molester? Garcias attorney, Cris Armenta, opposes Googles request to repost the video while the appeal proceeds.