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fi led a d e n o v o ap p eal t o su p eri o r co u rt . Lan d l o rd Ro ck W es t In v es t m en t s II, LLC

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m at t ers as p art of a d e no v o ap p eal fro m t h e m ag i s t rat e co urt ru l in g

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m ary ju dg m en t
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, 2 0 1 4

, t h e su p eri o r c o u r t

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p o s s es s i o n

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Cert o fi l ed an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m t h e ru l i n g , wh i ch was
d i s m i s s ed

. See Cas e Nu m b er A1 5 D0 0 4 2

, deci d ed Oct

. 9

, 2 01 4

. Ro m ag n o l i fi l ed t h i s
d i rect ap p eal o n Sep t em

b er 2 4 , 2 0 1 4 . W e, h o wev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Pret erm it t i n g wh et h er Ro m ag n o l i – wh o was n ot a p art y t o t h e d i s po s s es s o ry

act i on i n m ag i s t rat e co urt – h as a ri g h t o f d i r e c t ap p eal

, h i s n o t i ce o f ap p eal i s

u n t i m el y

. Al th o u g h a n o t i ce of ap p eal g en eral l y m ay b e fi l ed wi th i n 3 0 day s o f en t ry

o f t h e o rd er s o ug h t t o b e ap p eal ed

, t h e u n d erl y i n g su b j ect m at ter o f an ap peal co n t ro l s

o v er t h e r el i ef s o u g h t i n det erm i n i n g t h e pro p er ap p el l at e p ro ced u re. See Reb i ch v.

1 Th e t ri al co u rt res erv ed cert ai n i s s ues , i n cl ud i n g Ro ck W es t ’ s cl ai m f o r at t o rn ey fees u nd er OCGA § 1 3 -6 -1 1

. February 18, 2015Mi l es , 2 64 Ga. 4 6 7

, 4 6 7-4 6 8 (4 4 8 SE2 d 1 9 2 ) (1 9 9 4). Th e u n d erl y i n g s u b ject m at t er

o f t h i s cas e i s t h e d i s p o s ses s o ry m at t er. See Ra d i o Sa n dy Sp r in g s , In c. v. Al l en Ro a d

Jo i n g V en t u r e , 3 1 1 Ga. Ap p

. 3 3 4

, 3 3 5 -3 3 6 (7 1 5 SE2 d 7 5 2) (2 0 1 1 ). An d

, p u rs u an t

t o OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6, an ap p eal fro m a d i s p o s s es s ory

ju d g m en t m

u s t b e fi l ed wi t h in

s ev en d ay s o f th e d at e t h e ju d g m en t was en t ered

. See Ra y M. W r i g ht

, In c. v. Jo n es , 2 3 9 Ga. Ap p

. 5 2 1 (5 2 1 SE2 d 4 5 6 ) (1 9 9 9 ). Here, t he d efen dan t s fi l ed t h e n o t i ce o f

ap p eal 2 9 d ay s aft er th e s u p eri o r co u rt ’ s o rd er was en t ered

. A cco rd i n gl y , t he ap p eal

i s u n t i m el y

an d h i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct io n

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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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h e s e a l o f s a i d c o u r t

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, C l e r k

. 02/18/2015