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o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 8 E0 03 0 . RAQUEL ETTRI CK v . SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, I NC.

Raq u el Et tri ck h as fi l ed an Em erg en cy Mo ti o n req u es t i n g an ex t en s i o n o f t i m e

t o fi l e. As s et fo rt h i n t h e m o t i on

, Et t ri ck recei v ed an ad v ers e ru l i n g fro m t h e Su p eri o r

Co u rt o f DeKal b C o u n t y o n Decem b er 1 8

, 2 01 7

. Et t ri ck as s ert s a d es i re t o s eek a

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m t h at o rd er. Et tri ck ’ s at t o rn ey rep res en t s t o t h i s co u rt t h at a

p h y s i cal m o v e o f h er p ro fes si o n al o ffi ce has i n t erfered wi t h h er cap a c i t y fo r

p ro d uct i v e wo rk an d, acco rd i n g l y

, t h at an ex t en s i o n i s req u i red t o al lo w h er t o fi l e t h e

ap p li cat io n

. Et tri ck ’ s m o t i o n i n v o l v es t he in ters ect i o n o f th ree o f o u r Ru l es

. Et t ri ck ’ s

m o ti o n referen ced n o n e of t hes e ru l es n o r d i d i t referen ce an y au t h o ri t y i n s u p p o rt o f

t h e m o t i o n

.

Th i s co u rt ’ s Ru l e 1 6 es t ab l i s h es t h e fram ewo rk fo r ex ten s i o n s o f t i m e t o fi l e.

Un d er Ru l e 1 6(c), Et t ri ck ’ s Mo t i o n i s pr ope r ly c h a r a c t e r i zed as an E m erg en cy M o t i o n

u n d er Ru l e 4 0 (b ).

Th i s co u rt ’ s Ru l e 3 1 g o v ern i n g ap p l i cat i o n s fo r d i s cret io n ary ap p eal s, req u i res

ap p li cat io n s fo r d is cret i on ary ap p eal t o b e du e wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er

(o n o r b efo re J an u ary

1 7 , 2 0 1 8 i n t h e p res en t m at ter). Fu rt h er, Ru le 3 1 (i ) p recl u d es

an Em erg en cy M o t i o n fo r ex t en s i o n o f t i m e t o fi le wh i ch i s fi l ed aft er t h e ap p l i cat i o n

d u e d at e. Et t ri ck ’ s Em erg en cy M o t i o n was fi l ed o n J an u ary 1 1 , 2 0 1 8

.

Ru l e 4 0 (b ) go v ern ’ s Em erg en cy M o t io n s b efo re th i s co u rt

. Ru l e 40 (b ) d i rect s

t h at t h i s po wer “ s h al l b e ex erci s ed s p ari n gl y ”. Cert ai n l y

, t h e m o v e o f a p ro fes s i o n al

o ffi ce can s i g n i fi can t l y i m p act p ro du ct i v i t y

. Ev en s o

, t h e t ri al co u rt an d o th er p art i es

h av e an i n t eres t i n ex p ed i t io us cert ai n ty t h ro u g h o u t t h e pro c e s s

. M o reo v er, t h e

req u i rem en t s of

an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary ap p eal are wel l w i t hi n t he s co p e o f January 12, 2018o rd i n ary p ract i ce. E t t ri ck wi l l b e gran t ed an ex t en s i o n o f t i m e t o fi l e, b u t t o a d at e

s p eci f i c an d n o t fo r t h e en t i re 1 0 d ay s req ues t ed

. Th i s ex t en s i on s h o u l d al l o w

Et t ri ck ’ s co u n s el s u ffi ci en t ti m e t o fi l e wh il e al s o res p ect i n g t h e s p iri t o f t h e t i m e l i n e

es t ab l i s h ed b y l aw.

Et t ri ck ’ s EMERGENCY MOTI ON FOR EXTENSI ON i s GRANTED

.

Et t ri ck ’ s ap p l i cat i o n fo r di s cret i o n ary ap p eal m us t b e fi l ed an d i s DUE ON OR

BEFORE JANUARY 2 6 , 2 0 1 8

.

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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 t i f y t h 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

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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

. 01/12/2018