# C o u rt o f

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 9 A1 66 2 . GEOFFREY L. GRAY v

. J AMES BARROW HOLLOW AY, SR.

In Au g u s t 2 0 1 6

, p l ai nt i ffs Geo ffrey L. Gray an d Gri ffi n St ep h en St o ck s

, III,

fi led a co m

p l ai n t s eek i n g v ari o u s fo rm s o f eq u i t ab le rel i ef, i n cl u d i n g t h e ap p o i n t m en t

o f a recei v er fo r t wo d efen d an t co rp o rat i o n s

. Sh ort l y t h ereaft er, t he t ri al co urt en t ered

an o rd er ap p oi n t i n g a t em p o rary recei v er an d im

po s in g a t em

p o rary res t rai n in g o rd er

(“ TRO” )

, a nd i t subse q

ue ntly e nte red an o t h er o rd er ex t en di n g t h e TRO “ i n d efi n i t el y .”

In Sep t em

b er 2 0 1 6

, d e f

e n dan t J am es Barro w Ho l l oway

, Sr., fi l ed a m o t i o n

s eek i n g t o (1 ) d i sm i s s t he co m p l ai n t fo r fai l u re t o ad d an i n d i s p en sab l e p art y (St ep h en

G

. B a c o n

, J r.); (2 ) al t ern at i v el y

, ad d Baco n as a p art y -d efen d an t ; (3 ) d is s o l v e t h e

TRO; an d (4 ) d i s q u al i fy t h e recei v er. Th e t ri al co u rt d i d n o t i m m ed i at el y ru l e o n t h i s

m o ti o n

.

In Au g u s t 20 1 7

, t he co u rt en t ered an o rd er d i s ch arg i n g t h e r ecei v er an d

o rd eri n g h i m t o b e p ai d. 1 In No v em b er 2 0 1 7

, t h e co u rt ap p o i n t ed a n ew i n t eri m

recei v er. In Decem

b er 2 01 7

, t h e c o u r t e n t ered o rd ers ad d i n g Baco n as a p art y

d efen d an t

, req u i ri n g Baco n t o i n t erp l ead cert ai n fu nd s

, a n d res o l v i n g v ari ou s

d i s co v ery d i sp u t es

.

In Decem

b er 2 01 8

, t h e t ri a l co u rt en t ered an o rd er res o lv in g Ho l l o way ’ s

Sep tem b er 2 0 16 m o t i o n

. Al t h o u gh s t y led as an “ O r d e r D i s m i s s i n g Pl ai n t i ffs ’

Co m p l ai n t an d Tem

p o rary Res t rai n i n g Ord er,” t h e o rd er d i d n ot

, i n fact d i s m i s s t h e

co m p l ai n t ; rat h er, i t o n l y d i s s o l v ed t h e TRO is su ed i n Au g u s t 2 0 1 6

. Pl ai n t i ff G ray h as

1 Defen d an t Ho l lo way

fi l ed a d i rect ap p eal fro m t h at o rd er, b u t we d i s m i s s ed

t h e ap p eal as i nt erl o cu t o ry . See Cas e No . A1 8 A0 8 6 7 (d i s m i s s ed J an . 1 1 , 2 01 8 ). April 25, 2019fi led th i s d i rect ap p eal fro m t h at o rd er.

“ Th e po l i cy of th e Ap pel l at e P r a c t i ce Act i s ag ai n s t m u l ti p l e ap p eal s an d

p i ecem eal li t i g at i o n

. Di rect ap p eal s are gen eral l y au t ho ri zed fro m lo wer co u rt o rd ers

t h at are fi n al

, m ean i n g t h at t h ere are n o i s s u es rem ai n i n g t o be res o l v ed i n t h e l o wer

c o urt .” M a ys v. Ra n ci n e-Ki n ch en

, 2 9 1 Ga. 2 8 3

, 2 8 3 -2 8 4 (7 2 9 SE2 d 3 2 1 ) (2 0 1 2 )

(ci t at i o n s an d p u n ct u at i o n o m i t t ed ); s ee al s o OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 ). Th e o rd er t h at

p l ai n t i ff Gray s eek s t o ap peal was n o t fi nal b ecau s e i t d id n ot res o l v e al l cl ai m s an d

i s su es

, an d t h e cas e ap p ears t o rem ai n p en d i n g b el o w. A cco rd i n g l y

, Ho l l o way was

req u i red t o co m

p l y wi t h t h e i n t erl o cu t ory ap p eal pro ced u res

– i n cl u d i n g o b t ai n i n g a

cert ifi cat e o f i m

m ed i at e rev i ew fro m t h e t ri al co u rt

– t o ap peal at t h i s j u n ct u re. See

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ); s ee al so Ei d so n v. Cr ou t ch

, 3 3 7 Ga. Ap p

. 5 4 2

, 5 43 -5 4 4 (7 8 8

SE2 d 1 2 9 ) (2 0 1 6 ). Hi s fai l u re t o d o s o dep ri v es u s o f ju ri s d i ct i o n ov er t hi s d i rect

ap p eal , wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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 f y t h a t t h e a b o v e i s 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

. 04/25/2019