# 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 0 A0 98 5 . THERI AN W I M BUSH v . STEPHEN E. CASTLEN et a l

.

Th eri an W i m

bu s h

, wh o s e p aren t al ri g ht s h av e b een t erm in at ed as to n i n e o f h er

ch i l d ren an d wh o i s p res en t l y i n carcerat ed fo r ch i l d cru el t y, 1 h as fi l ed an o ri g i n al

m an d am u s p et i t i o n i n th is Co urt

. W i m b u s h as sert s th at th e ju d g m en t s i n h er p aren t al

ri gh t s t erm i n at i on an d cri m i nal cas es are v o i d b ecau s e t h e tri al co u rt l ack ed

ju ri s d i ct i o n t o en t er t hem

. W i m b u s h as k s t h i s Co urt t o recal l t h e rem i t t i t u rs i n t h o s e

cas es , v acat e t h e ju d g m en t s , an d d irect t h e l ower co u rt cl erk s to t ak e cert ai n act i o n s

. Al t h ou g h t he Geo rg i a Co n s t i t u t i on v es t s t h e ap p el lat e co u rt s o f t h i s s t at e wi th

o ri g i nal m an d am

u s ju ri s d i ct i o n , s ee Ga. Co n s t . o f 1 9 8 3

, Art

. VI, Sec. I, Par. IV, we

are t o ex erci s e t h at au t h o ri t y on l y i n “ ex t rem el y rare” ci rcu m s t an ces

. Ga y v. Owen s , 2 9 2 Ga. 4 8 0

, 4 8 0 (1 ) (7 38 SE2 d 6 1 4 ) (2 0 13 ) (p u n ct u at io n o m i t t ed ). M an d am u s wi l l

i s su e “ o nl y i f (1 ) n o o t her ad eq u at e l eg al rem ed y i s av ai l ab l e t o effect u at e th e rel i ef

s o u g ht ; an d (2 ) t h e a p p l i can t h as a cl ear l eg al ri g ht t o su ch rel i ef.” Bi b b Co u n t y v.

Mo n r o e Co u n t

y , 2 9 4 Ga. 7 3 0 , 7 3 4 (2 ) (7 55 SE2 d 7 6 0 ) (2 0 1 4 ).

W i m b u s h fi l ed an i d en ti cal p et i t i o n fo r rel i ef i n t he Su p rem e Co u rt o f G eo rg i a.

See W i mb u s h v. Ca s t l en , Cas e N o

. S2 0 O0 7 0 3 (d eci d ed J an

. 2 7, 2 0 2 0 ). Th e Su p rem e

Co u rt co n cl u d ed t h at m an d am u s was n o t an ap p ro p ri at e rem ed y becau s e W i m b us h

was “ s i m p ly s eek i n g t o reo pen m at t ers t h at co ul d hav e b een ad d res s ed v i a t h e

1 See In t h e In t er es t o

f R

. W

. , Cas e No

. A1 8 A1 6 7 1 (d i s m is si n g as u n t i m el y W i m b u s h’ s ap p eal fro m ju ven i l e co u rt o rd er t erm i nat i n g h er p aren t al ri g h t s ) (d eci d ed

M ay 2 9, 2 0 1 8); W

i mb u s h v. S ta t e , 3 4 5 Ga. A p p

. 5 4 (8 1 2 SE2 d 4 8 9 ) (2 0 1 8 ) (affi rm i n g W i m b u s h’ s co nv i ct i o n s o n t h ree co u n t s o f cru el t y t o ch i l d ren ). February 07, 2020o rd i n ary ch an n el of ju d i ci al rev i ew” an d h er p et i t i o n d i d “ n o t warran t th e ex erci s e o f

[t he Su p rem e Co u rt ’ s ] rarel y -i n v o k ed o ri g i nal j u ri s d i ct i o n [.] ” Acc o rd i n g l y , t h e

Su p rem e Co u rt d i sm i s s ed W i m b u s h ’ s p et i t i o n.

W e h ereb y ad o p t t h e Su p rem e Co u rt ’ s reas o n i n g

. Becau s e t h i s i s n ot o n e o f t h e

ex t rem el y rare i n s t an ces i n wh i ch t h i s Co u rt w i l l ex erci se o ri g i n al m an d am u s j u r i s d i ct i o n , s ee Ga

y v. Owen s , 2 9 2 Ga. at 4 8 2 -4 8 3 (2 ), we DISM ISS W i m b u s h ’s

p et i t i o n

.

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 i s 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 t n 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

. 02/07/2020