# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A 2 1 D 0 3 3 2

. OTI S N. W HI TE, J R. et a l

. v. HI GHW OOD PARK

CONDOMI NI UM ASSOCI ATI ON et a l

.

Th i s i s t he s eco n d ap p earan ce o f t h is cas e i n t hi s Co u rt

. 1 In Feb ru ary 2 02 0

, Ot i s

N. W h i t e, J r. fi l ed an act i on ag ai n s t Hi g hwo od Park Co nd o m i n i u m A s s o ci at i o n

reg ard i n g th e wat er p res s ure i n h i s c o n d o m i n i u m

. Th e d efen d an t fi l ed a m o t i o n to

d i s m i s s W h i t e’ s co m

pl ai n t

, o r i n t h e al tern at i v e, to co m p el d i s co v ery an d fo r

s an ct i o n s
, p u rs u an t to OCGA § 9 -1 1 -3 7 ( d ). Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed th e m o t i o n to

d i s m i s s bu t g ran t ed t h e m o t i o n t o co m p el d i s co v ery an d o rd ered t h at W h i t e’ s co u n s el

p ay at t o rn e y’s f

e e s i n t h e am o u n t o f $ 1 ,4 44 .5 0 an d th e co s t o f th e t ak ed o wn o f t h e

h eari n g o n t h e m o t i o n

. W h i t e so u g h t i m m ed i at e ap p el lat e rev i ew, b u t th e t ri al co u rt

i s su ed an o rd er den y i n g a cert i fi cat e o f i m m ed i at e rev i ew. W h i t e a n d h i s co u n s el

s eek s d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew o f t he t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er. W e, h o wev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n.

Th i s act i o n rem ai n s p en d i n g b efo re t h e t ri al co u rt

. Th u s
, t h e o rd er t h e

ap p li can t s seek t o ap peal i s a n o n -fi n al o rd er, as it d i d n ot res o l v e al l i s su e s i n t h i s

act i on

. As a res u l t

, t he ap pl i can t s were req ui red to fo l l o w t h e i n t erl o cu t ory ap p eal

p ro ced ures s et fo rt h i n OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ) t o ch al l en g e t h e o r d e r. See Ba i l ey v.

Ba i l ey , 2 66 Ga. 8 3 2

, 8 32 -8 3 3 (4 7 1 SE2 d 21 3 ) (1 9 9 6 ); S cr u g gs v. Ga

. Dep t. o

f Hu ma n

Res o u r c e s , 2 6 1 Ga. 5 8 7, 5 8 8-5 8 9 (1 ) (4 0 8 SE2 d 1 0 3 ) (1 9 9 1 ). M oreo v er, a t ri al

co u rt ’ s d eci s i o n t o g ran t o r refu s e a cert i fi cat e fo r im m ed i at e rev i ew o f i n t erl o cu t o ry

1 In t h e fi r s t a p pearan ce, W h i t e s o u g h t d i s cret io n ary rev i ew o f an award o f

OCGA § 9

- 1 5

- 1 4 a t t o rn ey ’ s fees i n fav o r o f th e d efen d an t. W e d is m i s s ed h i s

ap p li cat io n fo r fai l u re t o fo ll o w i n t e r l o cu to ry ap p eal p ro ced u res

. See Cas e No

. A2 1 D0 13 5 , d i s m is s ed Dec. 2 1 , 2 0 2 0

. May 28, 2021ru l i n gs i s n o t s u b ject t o ap p el l at e rev i ew. S cr u g gs , 2 6 1 Ga. at 5 8 8 (1 ). W h i te’ s fai l u re

t o fo l l o w t h e i n terl ocu t o ry ap peal p ro ced u res d ep ri v es us o f ju ri s d i ct i o n o v e r t h i s

ap p li cat io n , wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. See Bai ley , 2 6 6 Ga. at 8 3 3

.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e

, A t la n t a

,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a tr u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

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W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d t h e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

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, C l e r k

. 05/28/2021