# 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 :

A 1 5 D0 2 30

. KELVI N DAVI S v . FEDERAL NATI ONAL MORTGAG E ASSOCI ATI ON.

T hi s cas e b eg an as a d i sp o s s es s o ry act i o n i n m ag i s t rat e co u rt

. Fo l l o wi n g a n ad v ers e ru l i n g , defen d an t Kel v i n Dav i s , t h ro u g h at t o rn ey Grad y Ro b ert s , ap p eal ed

t h e m ag i s t rat e co u rt ’ s d eci s io n t o s t at e co u rt

. Th e ap p eal was d i s m is sed on Oct o b er 2 1
, 2 0 1 4 fo r fai l u re t o p ay t h e co s t b i ll w i t hi n 2 0 d ay s o f recei p t o f th e b i l l

. Fo l l o wi n g

a n u m b er o f ad d i t i o n al ap p eal s an d d i s m i s sal s , Dav i s fi led a m o t i o n t o s et as i d e t h e

s t at e co u rt ’ s o rd er. On J an u ary 5, 2 0 1 5
, t h e s t at e co urt den i ed t h e m o t i on t o s et as i d e. 1

Dav is t h en f

i l ed t h i s ap p l icat i o n fo r d i s cret io n ary ap p eal o n J an u ary 1 3
, 2 0 1 5

. W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Gen eral ly
, an ap p li cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o nary ap peal m ay b e fi l ed wi t h in 3 0 day s

o f en t ry o f t h e o rd er s o ug ht t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). Ho wev er, t h e

u n d erl y i n g s u b

ject m at t er o f an ap peal co n t ro l s ov er t h e rel ief s o u g h t in d et erm i n i n g

t h e p ro per ap p el lat e p ro ced u re. See Reb i ch v. Mi l es , 2 64 Ga. 4 6 7
, 4 6 7 -4 6 8 (4 4 8 SE2 d
1 9 2 ) ( 1 9 9 4 )

. Th e u nd erl y i n g s u b ject m at t er h ere i s a d i sp o s s es s o ry ju d g m en t

. Pu rs u an t t o OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6
, ap p eal s fro m a d i s p o s s es so ry ju d g m en t m u st b e fi l ed
wi t h i n s ev en d ay s o f t h e dat e t h e ju d g m en t w as en t ered

. See Ra y M

. W r i gh t
, In c. v. Jo n es , 2 3 9 Ga. Ap p

. 5 2 1 (5 2 1 SE2 d 4 5 6 ) (1 9 9 9 ). Becau s e D av i s fi l ed h i s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n a r y a p peal ei g h t d ay s aft er t h e s t at e co u rt ’ s o rd er was en t ered
, i t i s

1 Al t h o u g h t h ere i s n o “ o ffi ci al ” o rd er s u b m it ted wi t h t h i s ap pl i cat i o n , Dav i s

m ai n t ai n s t h at h i s m o t io n t o s et as i d e was d en i ed o n J an u ary 5, 2 0 1 5 , an d t h ere i s a

s i gn at u re, d at e-s t am

p , an d h an d wri t ten no t at i o n o n h i s m o t i o n t o s et as i d e t h at m ay b e co ns t ru ed as a d en i al o f h i s m o t i o n

. January 29, 2015u n t i m el y

. Acco rd i n g l y , we l ack j u ri s d i ct io n t o rev iew t hi s ap p l i cat i o n , wh i ch i s

h ereb y 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

. 01/29/2015