# 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 A0 18 0 . HAROLD R. LI LLY v . CI TY OF CARROLLTON, GEORGI A.

Haro l d Li l ly s u ed t h e Ci t y o f Carro l l t o n fo r d am ag es

. On Feb ru ary 1 2

, 2 0 1 5,

t h e t ri al co u rt en t ered an o rd er d i s m i s s i n g t h e co m pl ai n t wi t h p reju di ce. Li l l y fi l ed

s ev eral pro -s e m o t i o n s, wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

. Li l l y fi l ed an ap pl i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal s eek i n g rev iew o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ord ers

. W e d i s m i s s e d t h e

ap p li cat io n fo r l ack o f ju ri s d ict i o n b ecau s e Li l l y h a d n o r i g h t o f di rect ap p eal

. See

Cas e No . A1 5D0 3 6 4 , d i s m i s sed M ay 7 , 2 0 1 5

.

On J u n e 8

, 20 1 5

, Li ll y fi l ed a m o t io n t o s e t as i d e t h e ju d g m en t

. Th e Ci t y o f

Carro l l t on res p o n ded t o Li l l y ’ s m o t i o n an d s ou g h t at t orn ey fees pu rs u an t t o OCGA

§ 9 -1 5 -1 4. Li l l y fi l ed an o th er p ro s e m o t i o n t h at p u rp o rt ed t o ch al l en g e al l eg at i on s

rai s ed i n t h e m o t i o n fo r fees

. O n J u l y 2 2

, 2 0 15

, t h e t ri al co u rt en t ered o rd ers d en y i n g

Li l l y ’ s m o t i o n t o s et as i d e, g ran t in g at t o rn ey fees t o t he Ci t y o f Carro l l t o n

, an d

d i s m i s s i n g Li l ly ’ s p ro s e m o t i o n

. Li l l y fi l ed a n o t i ce o f ap p eal ch al len g i ng t h e t ri al

co u rt ’ s o rd ers

. Th e Ci t y o f Carro l l t o n h as fi l ed a m o t io n t o d i s m i s s t h e ap p eal fo r

l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

An ap p eal fro m t h e d en i al o f a m o t i o n t o s et as i d e u n d er OCGA § 9-1 1 -6 0 (d )

m u s t b e t ak en b y ap p l i cat io n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (8 ); s e e

MMT E n t er p r i s es

, In c. v. Cu l l ar

s

, 2 1 8 Ga. Ap p

. 5 5 9, 5 6 1 ( 4 6 2 S E 2 d 7 71 ) (1 9 9 5 ).

Si m i l arl y

, an ap p e a l fro m an o rd er award i n g at t orn ey fees an d l i t i g at io n ex p en s es

u n d er O CGA § 9-1 5-1 4 m u st b e m ad e b y d i s cret i o n ary ap p li cat i o n rat her th an d i rect

ap p eal

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (1 0 ). Fi nal l y

, as t h e t ri al co u rt d i d n o t set as i d e t h e

d i s m i s s al o rd er, Li l l y h as n o ri g h t to t he rel i ef req u es t ed i n h i s m o s t recen t l y fi l ed

m o ti o n

. November 23, 2015Un d er t hes e ci rcu m s t an ces

, Li l l y ’ s f a i l ure to co m

p ly wi t h th e d i s cret i o n ary

rev i ew p ro ced u re d ep ri v es u s of ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er t h i s ap p eal

. Acco rd i n g l y

, t h e Ci t y

o f Carro l l t o n ’ s m o t io n t o d is m i s s i s h ereb y GRANTED, an d t h i s ap p eal i s

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct 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 is a tr 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 t h 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

. 11/23/2015