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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 :

A1 6 E0 00 7 . BENEDEK v . ADAMS, et a l.

On Ju n e 2 4

, 2 0 1 5

, t h is c o u r t i s s u ed i n an o p i n i o n in Cas e No

. A1 5 A0 0 8 8

( B en ed ek v. Th e Bo a r d o

f R eg en t s o f th e Un i ver

s it y S ys t em o f G eo r g ia

, et a l

. ), in

wh i ch we rev ers ed i n p art

, v acat ed i n p art

, an d rem an d ed wi t h di rect i o n fo r t h e t ri al

co u rt to ap p l y t h e pro per s tan d ard fo r t he ad d i t i o n o f part ies

, an d t o co n s i d er wh et h er

t h e cl ai m s as s ert ed ag ai n s t t h e o ri g i n al d efen d an t s i n Ben ed ek ’ s s eco n d am en d ed

co m p l ai n t are s u b

ject to d is m i s s al o n t h e m eri t s

. On J u l y 2 3

, 2 0 1 5

, t h e t ri al co u rt

i s su ed an o rd er d en y in g Ben ed ek ’ s m o t i o n fo r l eav e t o a d d ad d i t io n al d efen d an t s

,

g ran t i n g h i s m o ti o n t o ad d h is wi fe as a pl ai nt i ff, gran t i n g hi s req u es t t o a m e n d h i s

co m p l ai n t t o ad d ad d i t io n al cl ai m s ag ai n s t t h e ori g i n al d efen d an ts

, b u t n ev ert h el es s

g r a n t in g t h e d efen d an t s ’ m o t i o n t o d i sm i s s o n g ro u n ds t h at t ho s e cl ai m s are b a r r e d

b y t h e d o ct ri n e o f s o v erei g n i m m u n i t y

.

Fo l l owi n g t h i s ru l i n g

, o n Au g us t 19

, 2 01 5

, Ben ed ek fi l ed a p et it i o n fo r

m an d am u s ag ai n s t t he t ri al ju d g e “ s eek i n g t o en fo rce h i s ab s o l u t e l eg al ri g h t to am en d

h i s co m p l ai n t .” On Au g u s t 2 4, 2 0 1 5

, Ben ed ek m o v ed t o v acat e th e t ri al co u rt ’ s J u l y

2 3

, 20 1 5 d i sm i ss al o rd er. On t h e s am e day

, t h e t ri al co u rt g ran t ed hi s m o t i o n to

ex t en d t h e t i m e fo r fi l i n g a n o t i ce o f ap peal b y 3 0 day s

, wh i ch al l ows Ben ed ek u n t i l

Sep tem b er 2 1, 2 0 1 5 t o d o s o. Nev ert h el es s

, Ben ed ek h as fi l ed an em erg en cy m o t i o n

i n t h i s c o u rt s eek i n g rel i ef fro m t h e J u l y 2 3

, 2 0 1 5 o rd er o f t h e t ri al co urt u n t i l t h e

Sep tem b er 2 5

, 2 0 1 5 d e a d li n e fo r t h e t ri al co u rt to ru l e u po n h i s p et i t i o n fo r

m an d am u s

.

Becau s e a ru li n g fro m t h i s co u rt i s n o t n eces s ary to p res erv e ju ri s d i ct i o n o f an

a pp eal an d th ere i s n o co n t es t ed i s s u e t h at wo u l d b eco m e m o o t

, Ben ed ek ’ s em erg en cy September 17, 2015m o ti o n fo r rel i ef i s h ereb y DENIED.

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

.

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

.

, C l e r k

. 09/17/2015