# 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,_

_ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _
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 8 A2 04 2 . ODI ON v . VARON et a l

.

In 20 1 4
, t h e t ri al co u rt en t ered a fi n al o rd er g ran t i n g s u m m ary ju d g m en t t o t h e d efen d an t s i n t h i s cas e, an d Geg e Od io n fi l ed an u nt i m el y ap peal o f t h at o rd er, wh i ch

t h i s Co u rt d i sm i s s ed on Ap ri l 1 7
, 2 0 1 5

. See Cas e N o. A1 5 A1 4 47

. Years l at er, Od i o n fi led a n u m

b er o f p o s t -ju d g m en t m o t i o n s , wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d i s m i s s ed i n an o rd er

en t ered o n Feb ru ary 3, 2 0 1 7. On Feb ru ary 1 7
, 20 1 7, O d i o n f i l e d an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal o f t h at ord er i n t h i s Co u rt , wh i ch we d i s m i ss e d o n M a r c h 1 6,
2 0 1 7

. See Cas e No

. A1 7 D0 2 9 7. Od i o n al s o fi l ed a n o t ice o f ap p eal fro m t h e s a m e

o rd er s eek i ng t o i nv ok e t h e ju ri s d i ct i on o f o u r Su p rem e Co u rt , b u t t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

t ran s ferred t he ap p eal t o t hi s Co u rt p u rs u an t t o OCGA § 1 5 -3 -3 .1

. 1 Th is Co u rt t h en d i s m i s s ed t h at ap p eal o n No v em b er 8
, 2 0 1 7. See Cas e No

. A1 8 A0 5 4 0

. Od i o n fi l ed

a p et i ti o n fo r cert i orari fro m t h at o rd er, an d wh i l e t h at p et i ti o n w as p en d i n g , 2 h e
ap p aren tl y fi l ed an “ Am en d ed N o t i ce o f Ap p eal ,” wh i ch res u lt ed in t h e d o ck et i n g o f

an ad d i t i o n al ap p eal i n th e Su p r e m e Co u rt

. See Cas e No

. S1 8 A1 1 8 8. Th e Su p rem e Co u rt tran sferred t h at ap p eal t o t h i s Co u rt o n M ay 2 3
, 2 0 1 8
, n o t i n g t h at t h ey

co n st ru ed th e am en d ed n o t i ce o f ap p eal “ as an ot her at t em p t t o s eek d i rect rev i ew o f

t h e o rd ers t h at [Od io n] p rev i ou s l y s o u g h t t o ch al l en g e.”

1 Un d er t h at s t at u t e, effect i v e J an u ary 1
, 2 0 1 7
, t h e Su p rem e Co urt n o l o n g er h as d i rect ap p el l at e ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er cas es i n v o l v i n g t i t l e t o l an d o r eq u i t y

. See Ga. L. 2 0 1 6 , p . 8 8 3 § 6 -1 (effect i v e d at e).

2 T h e Su p rem e Co urt d en i ed t h at p et it i o n fo r cert i or a r i o n J u n e 4
, 2 01 8

. See Cas e No . S1 8 C0 5 3 0. July 27, 2018Th erefo re, on two p ri o r o ccas i o n s , t h i s C o u rt h as d is m i s s ed Od i o n ’ s ap p eal s

f r o m t h e s am e Feb ru ary

3
, 2 0 1 7 o rd er at i ss u e i n t hi s ap p eal
, an d h e i s b arre d f r o m

s eek i n g fu rt h er ap p el l at e rev i ew o f t h at o rd er. See R o s s v. S t a t e , 3 1 0 Ga. Ap p

. 3 2 6,
3 2 7 (7 1 3 SE2 d 4 3 8) (2 0 1 1 ) (d i s m i s s al o f p rev i o u s ap p eal “ co n s t i t u t es bi n di n g l aw o f

t h e cas e” an d p recl u d es ap pel l at e rev i ew o f i s s ues rai s ed i n p rev i o u s ap p e a l );
Po t t er -Mi l ler v. Reed
, 3 0 2 Ga. Ap p

. 19 9
, 2 0 0 (2 ) (6 90 SE2 d 2 1 5 ) (2 0 1 0 ) (effect o f
d i s m i s s al o f earl i er ap p eal fro m t h e ap peal ab l e ju d g m en t was to affi rm t h e ju d g m en t

o f t he t ri al co u rt ); Ech o l

s v. S ta t e , 2 4 3 Ga. Ap p. 7 7 5
, 7 7 6 (5 3 4 SE2 d 4 6 4 ) (2 0 0 0 ) (“ It
i s ax i o m at i c t h at t h e s am e i s s u e can n ot b e rel i t i g at ed ad i nfi n i t u m . Th e s am e i s t ru e

o f ap p eal s o f t he s am e i s s u e o n t h e s am e g ro u n ds .”).
Acco rd i ng l y , t h i s ap p eal i s 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 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

. 07/27/2018