# C o urt o f A ppe a ls

o f th e S ta te o f G e o rg ia

A TLA N TA ,_

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The C o u rt o f Appea ls h ereb

y p a s s es the fo llo wi

n g order:

A24 A16 8 1. JOS E P H A. COLE M AN , JR. v. W ILM IN G TON S AVIN G S F U N D S OCIE T Y F S B.

This c ase began as a d isp o ssesso ry p ro c eed ing in magistrate c o urt. Fo llo w ing

an ad verse ru ling, p ro se d ef end ant Jo sep h Co leman, J r. , ap p ealed to the su p erio r

c o u rt, whic h granted the plaintif f ’ s mo tio n to d ismiss in an o rd er entered o n A p ril 9,

2024. Co leman then filed bo th an ap p lic atio n f or d isc r etio nary rev iew , and , o n M ay
6 , 2024, a n o t i c e of ap p eal. W e d enied Co leman’ s d isc retio nary ap p lic atio n o n the merits, see C

o lema n v

. W

i lmi n gto n S a v

. Fu n d S o ci

ety , Case N o

. A 24D 031 7 (M ay 1 4, 2024), and the d irec t ap p eal has been d o c k eted as the c u r r e n t c a se, N o

. A 24A 1 6 81

. W e lac k j u risd ic t io n f

o r mu ltip le reaso ns. First, ap p eals fro m su p e rio r c o u rt dec isio ns rev iew ing lo wer c o u rt dec isio ns by

c ertio rari o r d e no v o p ro c eed ings mu st be initiated by f iling an ap plic atio n f

o r d isc r etio nary rev iew

. OCGA § 5- 6- 35 (a) (1 ), ( b); Bu llo ck v. S a n d , 26 0 Ga. A p p

. 87 4,

87 5 (581 SE2d 333) (2003); see also Reb i ch v

. Mi les , 26 4 Ga. 46 7 , 46 9 (448 SE2d 1 9 2) (1 9 9 4) (“ [T]he u nd erlying su bj ec t matter generally c o ntro ls ov er the relief so u ght in
d etermining the p ro p er p ro c ed u re to f o llo w to ap p eal. ”). “ Co mp lianc e w i th the
d isc r etio nary ap p e als p ro c e d u re is j u risd ic tio nal. ” S mo a k v. D e p t

. of H u m an R e sou rces , 221 G a. A p p

. 257 , 257 (47 1 SE2d 6 0) (1 9 96 ). Bec au se this c ase inv olv es an ap p eal f ro m magistrate c ou rt to su p erio r c o u rt, Co leman has no right to a d irec t a p p eal here, and

w e d enied his ap p lic atio n f o r d isc retio nary rev iew

. See Bu llo ck , 26 0 Ga. Ap p

. at 87 5 ; C o lema n , Case N o

. A 24D 0 31 7. July 01, 2024Sec o nd , ev en if a d irec t ap p eal w ere pro p er in this c ase, this ap p eal is u ntimely.

W hile a no tic e o f ap p eal generally may be f iled w ithin 30 d ays o f e n t r y o f t h e o rd er

so u ght t o be ap p ealed , ap p eals in d isp o ssesso ry ac tio ns mu st b e f iled w ithin 7 d ays o f
the d ate the j u d gment w as entered

. See OCGA § 44- 7

- 56 ( b) (1 ); Ra d i o S a ndy S pri n gs

v

. Allen Ro ad Jo i

n t Ven tu re , 31 1 Ga. A p p

. 334, 335- 336 (7 1 5 SE2d 752) (201 1 ); Ra y M.

W ri ght, In c. v. Jo n es , 239 G a. A p p

. 521 , 5 2 2

- 523 (521 SE2d 456 ) (1 9 9 9). Co leman’ s

ap p eal w as u n ti m e l y filed 27 d ays af ter the su p erio r c ou rt’ s d ismissal o rd er w as entered

. Fina l ly, o u r d enial o f Co leman’ s ap p lic atio n in Case N o

. A 24D 031 7 r end ers the

c u r rent ap p eal barred by the law o f the c a se. See Ro s s v

. S ta te , 31 0 Ga. A p p

. 326 , 327 (7 1 3 SE2d 438) (201 1 ) (“ [A ]ny issu e that w as raised and reso lv ed in an earlier ap p eal
is the law o f the c as e a n d is b ind ing o n this Co u rt

. . . . ” ) ( c itatio n and p u nc tu atio n

o mitted ) ; ac c o rd Ho o k v

. Bergen , 286 Ga. A p p

. 258, 26 1 (1 ) ( 649 SE2d 31 3) (2007 ) (a

ru ling on an ap p lic atio n f o r d isc retio nary ap p eal ac ts as r e s j u d ic ata in later

p ro c eed ings); see al s o J

a ck s o n v

. S ta te , 27 3 Ga. 320, 320 (540 SE2d 6 1 2) (2001 ) (a

p arty “is no t e ntitled to ano ther bite a t the a p p le by w ay o f a sec o nd ap p eal” ). Fo r the
abo v e reaso ns, this ap p eal is hereby D I SM I SSED f o r lac k o f j u risd ic t io n.

C o u r t o f A p p e a ls o f t h e S t a t e o f G e o r g ia C le r k ’ s O ffic e , A t la n t a ,

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. 07/01/2024