# 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 :

A 2 2 D 0 1 7 9

. DEREK GABRI EL, SR. et a l

. v

. SENTI NEL LAKE
HOMEOW NERS ASSOCI ATI ON, et a l

.

Derek Gab ri el

, Sr. an d Au t u m n Gab ri el (“ P l a i n t i ffs ”) fi led t hi s b reach o f

co n tract act i o n ag ai n s t Sen t i n el Lak e Ho m eo wn ers A s s o ci at i o n , In c., an d o t h ers (“ Defen d an t s”). Th e co u rt en tered i t s fi n al ju d g m en t i n fav o r o f Defen d an t s i n M ay

2 0 1 8

. Pl ai n t i ffs

, wh o h ad b een rep res en t ed by co u n s el b u t were n o w p ro ceed i n g p ro

s e, fi l ed a m o t i o n t o s et as i d e, wh i ch t h e co u rt d en i ed

. Pl ai n t iffs d i d n o t ap peal fro m

t h at o rd er. Pl ai n t i ffs t hen fi l e d a s e c o n d m o t i o n t o s et as i d e an d v acat e ju d g m en t

,

u n d er OCGA § 9-1 1-6 0 (d ), al leg i n g frau d o n t h e p art o f Defen d an t s

. Th e t ri al co u rt

d en ied t h e m o t i o n o n Sep t em b er 1 0

, 2 0 2 1

, an d Pl ai n t iffs fi l ed a n o t i ce of ap p eal fro m

t h at o rd er. W e d is m i s s ed t h e ap p eal as ab an d o ned aft er Pl ai nt i ffs fai l ed to fi le a b ri ef

an d en u m erat i on o f erro rs w i t hi n t h e t i m e al l o wed

. See Cas e No

. A 2 2 A0 4 3 0 (Dec.

1 6

, 2 0 2 1 ). On Decem

b er 1 0 , 2 0 2 1, Pl ai nt i ffs fi l ed t h i s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary

rev i ew o f t h e Sep t em

b er 1 0 , 2 0 2 1 o rd er. 1

W e l ack ju ri s d i c t i o n

. To b e t i m el y , a d i s cret i o n ary ap p li cat i o n m u st b e fi l ed

wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f t he en t ry o f th e o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed

. O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi l l v.

1 As an i n i t i al m at t er, t o t he ex t en t t h at Pl ai n t iffs i n t en d ed t h is ap pl i cat i o n t o b e
t h ei r b ri e f i n t h ei r d i rect ap p eal

, we n ev ert h el es s l ack ed ju ri s d i ct i o n o ver t h e d i rect

ap p eal b ecau s e “ t h e d en ial o f a m o t i o n t o s et as i d e a fi n al ju d g m en t u n der OCGA §
9 -1 1 -6 0 is no t di rect l y ap p eal ab l e an d i n s t ead req u i res t h e fi l in g of an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal un d er OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (b ).” Ji m El l i s At l a n ta

, In c. v. Ad a ms o n , 2 8 3 Ga. Ap p

. 1 16

, 1 1 6 (6 4 0 SE2 d 6 8 8 ) (2 0 0 6 ). “ Co m p l i an ce w it h t h e d i s cret i o n ary
ap p eal s p ro ced u re i s ju ri s d i ct i o n al

. ” S m oa k v. Dep t

. of Hu ma n Res o u r ces , 2 2 1 Ga. Ap p . 2 5 7 , 2 5 7 (4 7 1 SE2 d 6 0 ) (1 9 9 6 ). January 07, 2022S t a t e , 2 04 Ga. Ap p

. 5 82

, 5 8 3 (4 2 0 SE2 d 39 3 ) (1 9 9 2 ). Th i s s t at u t o r y dead l i n e i s

ju ri s d i ct i o n al

, an d we can n o t accep t an ap p l icat io n fo r ap p eal n o t m ad e i n co m p l i an ce
wi t h OCGA § 5 -6

- 3 5 ( d )

. B o yl e v. S t at e , 19 0 Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4

, 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 )
(1 9 8 9). Here, Pl ai n t i ffs fi led t h ei r ap pl i cat io n 9 1 d ay s aft er t h e en try o f t h e o rd er to

b e ap peal ed . Th us , we l ack ju ri s d i ct i on an d t h e ap p l i cat i o n 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 fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is 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

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d th 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

. 01/07/2022