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o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

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A1 7 D0 46 2 . VALERI E ARROYO v . J OSEPH COLBERT, J R

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Val eri e Arro y o fi l ed t h i s ci v i l act i o n ag ai n s t J o s ep h Co l b ert

, J r., i n t h e s u p eri o r

co u rt

. Co l b ert fi l ed a m o ti o n to d i s m i s s t h e co m p l ai n t fo r fai l u re t o st at e a cl ai m u p o n

wh i ch rel i ef co ul d b e g r an t ed

. On J an u ary 2 5

, 2 0 1 7

, t h e s up eri o r co u rt g ran t ed

Co l bert ’ s m o ti o n an d d i sm i s s ed Arro y o ’ s co m p l ai n t wi th p reju d i ce. Arro y o fi l ed a

m o ti o n fo r n ew t ri al

, wh i ch t he s u p eri o r co u rt d en i ed o n M ay 5 , 2 0 1 7

. On M ay 2 2,

2 0 1 7 , Arro y o fi led t h i s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary rev i ew of t h e o rd er d is m i s s i n g

h er co m pl ai n t.

Ev en if t h e o rd er was s u bject to d i rect ap p eal

, Arro y o ’ s ap p l i cat i o n i s

u n t i m el y

. 1 See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j) (we wi l l g ran t an o t h erwi s e t i m el y ap p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew i f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er i s su b j e c t t o d i r e c t ap p eal ). To b e

t i m el y , a d i s cret io n ary ap p l i cat i o n m u st b e fi l ed w i t hi n 3 0 d ay s of en try o f t h e o rd er

s o u g ht t o b e ap p eal ed

. See O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). T he req u i rem en t s o f OCGA § 5 -6

-

3 5 are ju ri s d i ct i o n al

, an d we can n o t accep t an ap p l i cat i o n fo r ap p eal no t m ad e in

co m p l ian ce th erewi t h

. See Bo yl e v. S t a t e , 19 0 Ga. Ap p. 7 3 4, 7 3 4 ( 3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 )

(1 9 8 9).

1 Arro y o s t at es t h at s h e i s fi l i n g h er ap p l i cat i on p u rs u an t to O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (1 ), wh i ch p ro v id es th at ap p li cat i o n s fo r d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew are req u i red t o s e ek

rev i ew of d eci s i o n s o f s u p eri o r co u rt s rev iewi n g d eci s i o n s o f l o w er co u rt s by

cert io rari o r d e n o v o p ro ceed i n g s . Here, i t ap p ears t h at wh i l e t h e p art i es h av e b een i n v o l v ed i n a rel at ed cas e i n m ag is t rat e co u rt

, t he in s t an t act i o n was o ri gi n al l y fi l ed

i n s u p eri o r co u rt

, an d t herefo re t h e o rd er i s d i rect l y ap p eal ab l e. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 ). June 21, 2017Here, Arro y o fi l ed a m o t i o n fo r n ew tri al

, wh i ch

, w h en t i m el y fi l ed

, ex t en d s t h e

t i m e fo r fi li n g an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary r e v i e w

. See OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (d ).

Ho wev e r , w h e r e a m o ti on fo r n ew t ri al i s n o t a p ro p er v eh i cl e fo r rev i ew o f a t ri al

co u rt ’ s act i o n , t h e m ot i o n h as n o val i d it y an d wi l l n o t ex t e n d t h e t i m e fo r fi l i n g an

ap p li cat io n fo r di scret i o nary rev i ew. See Bi g h a m v. W

r i g ht

, 1 9 4 Ga. Ap p

. 1 9 4

, 1 9 4

(3 9 0 SE2 d 1 0 9 ) (1 9 9 0); see al s o Pi l l o w v. S eymo u r , 2 5 5 Ga. 6 83

, 6 84 (3 4 1 SE2 d 4 4 7 )

(1 9 8 6). G en eral l y , a p art y c a n n o t m o v e fo r n ew tri al i f n o t ri al h as b een h ad

. See

Deb ter v. S t ep h en s , 2 9 7 Ga. 6 5 2, 6 5 2 (7 77 SE2 d 2 4 4 ) (2 0 1 5 ) (a m o t io n fo r n ew t ri al

i s no t a p ro p e r v e h icl e fo r ch al l en g i n g t h e g ran t o f s u m m ary ju dg m en t ); Do wn s v.

S t a t e , 2 7 0 Ga. 3 1 0

, 3 1 1 (5 0 9 SE2 d 4 0 ) (1 9 98 ) (o n e wh o h as en tered a g u i l t y p l ea

can n ot m o ve fo r n ew t ri al

, as t h ere was n o tri al ); Go o d i n g v. Bo a t r i g ht

, 2 1 1 Ga. Ap p.

2 2 1

, 22 2 (4 3 8 SE2 d 6 8 5 ) (1 9 9 3 ) (o b ject i on s t h at g o t o t he ju dg m en t on l y , an d d o n ot

ex t en d t o t h e v erd i ct

, can n o t p ro p erl y b e m ad e g ro u n d s o f a m o t i on fo r n ew t ri al ).

Becau s e Arro y o ’ s m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al was n o t t h e ap p ro p ri at e v eh i cl e fo r

ch al l en g i n g t h e s u p eri o r co u rt ’ s ru l i n g , i t d id n o t o perat e t o ex t en d t h e ti m e fo r fi l i n g

an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew. Se e Bi g h am , s u p ra; Pi l l o w , s u p ra. As n o

t i m el y ap p l i cat i o n w as fi l ed fro m t h e s u p eri o r co u rt ’ s Jan u ary 2 01 7 o rd er d is m i s s i n g

Arro y o ’ s co m

p l ai nt

, we l ack ju ri s di ct i o n to co n s i d er t h i s m at t er. Acco rd i n g l y , t h i s

ap p li cat io n i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED.

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f G e o r g ia

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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

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, C l e r k

. 06/21/2017