# 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 :

A2 4 A1 49 8

, A 2 4 A 1 4 9 9

, A2 4 A1 5 0 0. J A SON HI NES v

. SUSAN PROPERTY

MANAGEMENT, LLC.

This case o r iginated as a d isp ossesso ry p ro c eed ing i n m a g istrate c o u rt.

Fo llo w ing an ad v erse r u ling, d ef end ants J aso n and T if

fany H ines ( c o l l e c tiv ely

“ Hines” ) ap p ealed to the su p erio r c ou rt, w hic h entered sev eral o r d e rs in f av o r o f the

p laintif f

. H ines then f

il e d t hree ap p eals f

ro m v ario u s o r d ers entered by the su p erio r

c o u rt. 1 The p laintif

f has filed a mo tio n to d ismiss, argu ing that w e lac k j u risd ic tio n to

c o nsid er these ap p eals. W e agree.

Pretermitting o ther p o ssible ju risd ic tio nal issu es w ith these a p p e a l s, the

su p erio r c o u rt’ s ru lings in this case are no t su bj ec t to d irec t ap p eal. B ec a u se this c ase

reac hed the su p erio r c o u rt thro ugh a d e no v o a p p eal f ro m the m agistrate c o u rt, H ines

w as requ ired t o f

o l l o w the d isc retio nary a p p eal p ro c ed u res to o btain rev iew o f the

su p e r i o r c o u rt’ s d ec isio ns in this Co u rt. See 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). “ Co mp lianc e w ith the

d i s cr e t i o n a r

y ap p e als pro c e d u re is j u risd ic tio nal. ” S mo a k v

. D e p t. o f Hu ma n Res o u rc

e s ,

221 G a. A p p

. 257

, 257 (47 1 SE2d 6 0) (1 99 6 ). H ines’ s f ailu re to f ile an ap p lic atio n f

o r

ap p eal d ep riv es o f u s ju risd ic tio n o v er this matter. A cc o rd ingly, the mo tio n to d ismiss

is hereby GRA N T ED and thes e a p p e als are hereby D I SM I SSED

. A dd itio nally,

H ines’ s requ est f

or oral a r gu ment o n these a p p e a l s and emergenc y m o t io n to stay

p ro c eed ings p end ing these ap p eals are D EN I ED as mo ot.

1 H ines d irec ted the ap peals to the Su p reme Co u rt, w hic h transf erred the c ases

here. June 05, 2024H ines has a lso f iled “ Petitio n f

o r Emergenc y W rit o f M a n d amu s” seek ing

d isqu alif ic atio n o f the t rial c o u rt j u d ge. H o w ev er, o riginal mand amu s in a n ap p ellate

c o u rt is no t an a p p ro p riate av enu e f o r the relief Hines seek s. “ Generally, the su p erio r

c o u rts o f this state hav e t he p o w er, in p ro p er c ases, to issu e p ro cess in the natu r e o f

mand a mu s, pro hi b i t io n, sp ec if ic p e rf o rmanc e, qu o w arranto

, and inj u nc tio n, and

henc e the need to reso r t to the a p p ellate c o u rts f or su c h relief by p etitio n f iled in the

a p p e l l a t e co u r t s w ill be extremely rare. ” Bro wn v

. Jo hn s on , 251 Ga. 436

, 436 (306 SE2d

6 55) (1 983). Rather, the pro c e d u re t o be f o llo w e d bef

o re seek ing t o inv o k e this

Co u rt’ s o riginal j u risd ic tio n is to f ile the p etitio n in the ap pro p riate lo w e r c o u rt f irst.

See G ra h a m v

. C

a v en d er , 252 Ga. 1 23, 1 23 (31 1 SE2d 832) (1 9 84); E x p e di a , In c. v

. C i ty

o f C o lu mb u s , 305 Ga. A p p

. 4 5 0, 455 (2) ( b ) (6 9 9 SE2d 6 0 0 ) (201 0) (“ Exc ep t in the

rarest o f c ases, litigants seek ing to inv o k e this Co u rt’ s o riginal ju risd ic tio n

. . . mu st

f i r s t petitio n the su p erio r c o u rt f o r su c h relief

. ” )

. B eing a r esp o nd ent, “ t h e

su p erio r- c o u rt j u d ge[ ] w ill d isqu alif y, ano ther s u p erio r- c o u rt j u d ge w ill b e ap p o inted

to hear a nd d etermine t he m atter, and the f inal dec isio n may be a p p ealed [. ]” Gra ha m ,

252 Ga. at 1 23. A c co rd ingly, H ines’ s requ est to d isqu alif y the trial c o u r t j u d g e i s

hereby D EN I ED

.

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. 06/05/2024