# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 9 A1 01 3

. DANI EL CASTLEBERRY v

. STEPHANI E ANNE LOCKHART et

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.

In N o v em b er 2 0 18

, Dan i el Cas t l eb erry at t em p ted t o fi l e a p et i ti o n fo r a wri t o f

m an d am us ag ai n s t t wo i n d i v i d u al d efen d an t s

. Th e t ri al co urt d en ied fi l i n g o f t h e

p et i t i o n u n d er OCGA § 9 -1 5 -2 (d ), o n t h e g ro u n d t h at i t sh o w ed a co m p l et e ab s en ce

o f an y j u s t ici ab l e is s u e o f l aw or fact

. Cas t l eb erry t h e n f i l ed b o th a d i rect ap p eal

–

wh i ch h as b een d o ck et ed as t h e i n s t an t cas e, N o

. A1 9A1 0 1 3

– an d an ap p l icat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew, wh i ch we d en ied o n t h e m eri t s

. See Da n iel Ca s tl eb er r y v.

S t ep h a n i e An n e Bi

g g er s a /k/ a S t ep h a n i e An n e Lo ckh a r t et a l

. , No

. A1 9D0 2 4 5 (J an

.
1 0 , 2 0 1 9 ).

Becau s e we reject ed Cas t l eb erry ’ s ch al len g e t o t h e t ri al co urt ord er s o u g h t to

b e ap peal ed h ere in Cas e No . A1 9 D0 2 45 , t h e cu rren t ap p eal i s b arred b y t h e l aw o f

t h e cas e. See Ro ss v. S t a t e , 3 1 0 Ga. Ap p . 3 2 6

, 3 2 7 (7 1 3 SE2 d 4 38 ) (2 0 1 1 ) (“ [A] ny

i s su e t h at was rai s ed an d res o lv ed i n an earl i er ap p e a l i s t h e l a w o f t h e cas e an d i s

b i n d i n g o n t h i s Co urt

. . . .”) (p u n ct u at i o n om i t t ed ); acco rd Ho o k v. B er g en , 2 8 6 Ga.

Ap p

. 2 58

, 2 6 1 (1 ) (6 4 9 SE2 d 3 1 3 ) (2 0 0 7 ) (“ [T] h e d en i a l o f an ap p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal i s an ad ju d i cat i o n o n t h e m eri t s of th e u n derl y i n g o rd er an d act s

as res ju d i cat a i n s u b s eq u en t p ro ceed i n g s .”); s ee al s o Ja cks o n v. S t a t e , 2 7 3 Ga. 3 2 0,

3 2 0 (5 40 SE2 d 6 1 2 ) (2 0 0 1 ) (a d efen d an t “ i s n o t en t it l ed to an o t h er bi t e at t h e ap p l e

b y way of a s eco n d ap p eal ”). January 22, 2019Co n seq u en t l y , t here i s n o t h in g fo r th i s Co u rt to rev iew i n th e i n s t an t ap p eal

,

wh i ch i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED. See Ja cks o n , 27 3 Ga. at 3 20 ; Ro s s , 3 10 Ga. Ap p . at

3 2 7 -3 2 8

. Cas t l eb erry ’ s m o t i on s fo r oral arg u m en t

, t o v eri fy t h e ab s en ce o f an

acco u n t s u m

m ary i n a f

e d e r a l co u rt cas e, fo r t h e p ro d u ct io n o f t ran s cri p t s fro m a

Ten nes see co u rt , an d fo r DNA t es t i n g are DENIED as M OOT.

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f G e o r g ia

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, A t la n t a

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r t i f y th a t t h e a b o v e i s a t r 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

. 01/22/2019