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o f th e S ta te o f

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A N T A

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ppeals her eby pas s es the follow ing or der :

A17D0476. DAVI D S UNDY v. M ARTH A C. C H R I S TI AN, JUDG E et al.

Dav i d S un dy f

i l ed t h i s di s cr eti on ar

y appl i cati on f

r om two u

n der l y i n g ci v i l

acti on s

. 1 H e s eeks l eav e to appeal an or der den y i n g a m o ti on to d i s qu al i f

y a ju dg e i n

Cas e N u m b er 201 5 C V 1 3 6 6

. H e al s o s eeks l eav e t o appeal f i v e o r der s f

r om Cas e

Nu m ber 2017CV31A

, i n cl u di n g th r ee or der s di s m

i s s i n g al l def

en dan t s

. 2

Cas e Number 2 015CV

1366

“ Den i al s of m

oti on s to r ecu s e ar e i n

ter l ocu t or y i n n atu r e. A n appeal of s u ch an

or der r equ i r es com

pl i an ce wi th th e i n

ter l o cu tor y appeal pr ov i s i o n s of OCGA § 5- 6- 3 4

( b )

, ” i n cl u di n g obtai n i n g a cer ti f

i cate of i m

m edi ate r ev i ew wi th i n ten d ay s of th e or der

s ou g h t t o be appeale d

. S ee E llis v. Stanfor d

, 256 Ga. A

pp. 294, 295 ( 2) ( 5 68 S E 2 d

157) ( 2 002) ; s e e a l s o W

ar r inger v. W

ar r inger

, 204 Ga. A

pp. 86 ( 4 18 S E 2d 446)

( 1 992)

. A n d OCGA § 5- 6- 35, th e di s cr eti on ar y appeal s tatu

te, d oes n ot ex cu se a par

t y

s eeki n g appel l ate r ev i ew of an i n ter l ocu t or y or der f r om com pl y i n g wi th t

h e addi ti on al

r equ i r em en

ts of OCGA § 5- 6- 34 ( b)

. S e e B a i l e y v. B ailey

, 266 G a. 832 ( 471 S E 2 d

213) ( 1996)

. A ccor di n g l y

, S u n d y ’ s f ai l u r e to com pl y wi th th e i n

ter l ocu t or y appeal

1 S u n dy f i l ed h i s appl i cati on i n th e S u pr em e Cou

r t

, wh i ch tr an s f

er r ed th e m atter

to t h i s Cou r t.

2 We qu es ti on th e pr opr i ety of f i l i n g a s i n g l e appl i cati on f

r om two s epar ate l ower

cou r t cas es

. S ee, e. g

. , Step h e n s o n v. F utch

, 213 Ga. 247, 248 ( 2) ( 98 S E 2d 374)

( 1 957) ( “ [ T ] h er e i s n o au

th or i ty i n l aw f

o r t h e r ev i ew of th e two ju dg m en t s i n a s i n g l e

bi l l of ex cepti on s [

. ] ”) June 21, 2017pr ocedu

r es an d obtai n a cer ti f

i c a t e o f im

m edi ate r ev i ew depr i v es t h i s Cou r t of

ju r i s di cti on

.

Cas e Number 2017CV 31A

I n th i s cas e, S u

n dy f i l ed a m an dam

u s acti on ag ai n s t two H al l Cou n t y s u per i or

cou r t ju dg es an d th e cl er

k of cou r t. On A pr i l 3, 2017, th e as s i g n ed ju dg e en ter ed th r ee

s epar ate or der s g r an

ti n g th e def

en d an ts ’ m oti on s to di s m

i ss

. S u n dy wi s h es to appeal

th es e or der s as wel l as two oth er s en ter ed i n th e cas e.

Un der OCGA § 5

- 6- 34 ( a) ( 1)

, a par t y m ay f i l e a di r ect appeal f

r o m “ [ a] l l f

i n al

ju dg m en ts

, th at i s to s ay

, w h er e th e cas e i s n o l o n g er pen di n g i n th e cou r t bel ow, ex cept

as pr ov i ded i n

Code S ecti on 5- 6- 35. ” I t does n ot appear th at an y pr ov i si o n of OCGA

§ 5- 6- 35, th e d i s cr eti on ar

y appeal s t atu

te, appl i es h er e. Rath er

, th e tr i al cou r t ’ s or der s

di s m i s s i n g S u n dy ’ s peti ti on con s ti tu

ted a f i n al ju dg m en

t

. Un der OCGA § 5- 6- 35 ( j)

,

th i s Cour t w ill g r an

t a ti m el y di s cr eti o n ar

y appl i cati on i f th e l ower cou r t’ s or der i s

s u bject to di r ect appeal

.

F or th es e r eas on s, t

h i s appl i cati on i s h er eby DI S M I S S E D I N P A RT to th e ex ten t

S u n d y seeks l eav e to appeal th e tr i al cou r t’ s or der f r om Cas e Nu m ber 2015CV1366.

T h e appl i cati o n i s GRA

N T E D I N P A RT t o t h e ex ten t S u n dy s eeks l eav e to appeal

Cas e Nu m ber 2017CV31A

. S u

n dy s h al l h av e t en day s f

r om th e d ate of th i s or der to f i l e

a n oti ce of appeal i n Cas e Nu m ber 2017CV31A

wi th th e s u

per i or cou

r t, i f h e h as n ot

don e s o al r eady

. T h e cl er

k o f th e s u per i or cou r t i s D I RE CT E D to i n cl

u de a copy of t

h i s

or der i n th e r ecor d tr an s m i tted to th i s cou

r t.

C ourt of Appe al

s of the St at e of G e orgi a

C l e rk ’ s Of f i c e

, At l ant a,

____________________ I c e rt i f y t hat t he abov e i s a t rue e x t rac t f rom

t he mi nut e

s of t he C ourt of Appe al

s of G e orgi a.

W i tne ss my si

gnat ure and t he se al of sai d c ourt

he re t o af fi x e d t he day and y e ar l ast abov e w ri t t e n.

, C l e rk

. 06/21/2017