# 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 :

A1 6 D0 09 9 . MI C HEL THOMAS v . ROLLI N S, I NC. d/ b/ a ORKI N, I NC. et a l.

Th i s ap p l icat i o n i s M i ch el Th o m as ’ s l at es t at t em p t to o bt ai n ap p el l at e rev i ew

i n h i s wo rk ers ’ co m

p en s at i o n cas e. 1 W e lack ju ri s d ict i on b ecau s e t h e ap p l i cat i o n i s

u n t i m el y

.

An ap p l icat i o n fo r di s cret i o n ary ap p eal m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f t h e

en t ry o f t h e o r d er o r ju d g m en t t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). Th e

req u i rem en t s o f OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 are ju ri s d ict i o n al

, an d t h i s Co urt can no t accep t an

ap p li cat io n fo r ap p eal n o t m ad e i n co m p l i an ce t h erewi t h

. See B o yl e v

. S t a t e of

Geo rg i a

, 1 9 0 Ga. Ap p. 7 34 (3 80 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Th o m as fi led h i s ap p l i cat i o n o n

Sep tem b er 1 1

, 2 01 5

, w h ich was m o re t h an t wo y ears aft er t h e M ay 3

, 2 0 1 3 o rd er h e

i s ch al l en g i n g

. Th erefo re, h i s ap p l i cat io n i s u n t im el y

, an d it i s h ereb y DISM ISSED

fo r l ack o f ju ri s di ct i o n

.

In ad d i t i o n

, we n o t e t h at Th o m as h as p rev i ou s ly s o u g h t ap p el lat e rev i ew i n h i s

wo rk ers ’ co m

p en s at i o n cas e. In Cas e Nu m b er A1 3 D 0 4 08 (Ord er o f J u ne 2 4

, 2 0 1 3 ),

we d en i ed Th o m as ’ s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret io n ary ap p eal o f t h e s u p eri o r co u rt ’ s o rd er

a f f i r m i n g t h e ag en cy ’ s d en i al o f b en efi t s

. In Cas e Nu m b ers A1 4 A1 3 6 8 (Ord er o f

Ap ri l 3 0

, 2 0 14 ) an d A1 5 A2 2 5 9 (Ord er o f Au gu s t 2 0

, 2 0 1 5 ), we di s m i s s ed Th o m as ’ s

d i rect ap p eal s fro m t h e s u p eri o r co u rt ’ s o rd er affi rm i n g t h e ag en cy ’ s d en i al o f

b en efi t s an d t h e s up eri o r co u rt ’ s o rd er d en y i n g h i s m o t i on at t ack in g t h e deci s i o n as

1 Th o m as fi led a do cu m en t t i t l ed “ Cl ai m an t/ Ap p el l an t ’ s M o t i o n t o Vo i d ” i n t h e

Su p rem e Co u rt

. Th e Su p rem e Co u rt d o ck et ed t h e fi l i n g as an a p p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary

rev i ew an d t ran s ferred t h e m at t er h ere. November 16, 2015v o i d

. I n l i g h t o f th i s h i st o ry

, t h e res p on d en t u rg es u s t o s an ct i on Th o m as fo r t h e

i n s t an t fi l i n g

. A l th o u g h w e fi n d t h at Th o m as ’ s ap p l i cat i on i s fri v ol o us , we d ecl i n e

t o i m p o s e s a n c t i o n s at th i s t i m e. Ho wev er, we cau ti o n Th o m as th at

, pu rs u an t to

Co u r t o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 1 5 (b ), th i s Co u rt i s em p o wered t o i m

p o s e s an ct i o n s u p o n a

p art y wh o fi l es a fri vo l o u s p l ead i n g s

. W e cau t i o n Th o m as ag ai ns t fu t u re fi l i n g s t h at

h av e n o s u bs tan t i al b as i s i n l aw, as s uch m ay res u l t i n t he i m

p o s i t io n o f s an ct i o n s

.

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 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

. 11/16/2015