# 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 A1 32 9 . J OHNNI E BROW N v . CLAY COUNTY et a l

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J o h n n i e Bro wn s o u g ht p ay m en t of wo rk ers ’ co m p en s at i o n b en efi t s fro m b o th

Bo b b y W i l l s d / b / a W i ll s Co n s tru ct i o n as h is i m m ed i at e em

p l o y er an d Cl ay Co u n t y

,

Geo rg i a as h i s s t at u t o ry em p l oy er. Th e St at e Bo ard o f W o rk ers ’ Co m pen s at i o n fo u n d

W i l l s l iab l e fo r p ay m en t o f b en efi t s

, b u t n o t Cl ay Co u nt y

. T he s u p eri o r co u rt

affi rm ed

. Bro wn an d W il l s bo t h fi l ed ap p l icat i o n s fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal i n t h i s

Co u rt

. W e d en i ed Bro w n ’ s ap p l i cat i on (s ee Cas e No

. A1 6 D0 2 0 7, d en i ed J an u ary 2 9,

2 0 1 6 ), b u t g ran t ed Wi l l s’ s ap p l i cat i on (s ee Cas e No

. A1 6D0 2 1 1

, g ran t ed Feb ru ary

2

, 2 0 1 6 ). Fo l l o wi n g o u r gran t o f h i s ap p l i cat io n

, W il ls fi l ed a di rect ap p eal (s ee Cas e

No

. A1 6 A1 3 2 8 ), an d Bro wn t h en fi l ed t h i s cro s s -ap peal . W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er

t h i s cro s s -ap p eal

.

“ [A] p p l i cat i on s fo r l eav e t o ap p eal a fi nal ju d g m en t i n cas es su b ject t o ap p eal

u n d er O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 s h al l b e g ran t ed o n l y wh en rev ers i bl e erro r ap p ears t o ex i s t

.

Th u s, i n rev i ewi n g d i s cret i o n ary ap p li cat i o n s fo r ap p eal s

, o u r ru l es req u i re u s t o g ran t

t h e ap p l i cat i on wh en t h e t ri al co u rt ap p ears t o h av e co m m it t ed rev ers i b l e erro r. PHF

II Bu ckh ea d LLC v. Di n ku

, 31 5 Ga. Ap p

. 7 6, 7 9 (1 ) (7 2 6 SE2 d 5 6 9 ) ( 2 0 1 2 )

(p u n ct u at i o n an d fo o t n o tes o m i t t ed ). “ [W ] h en t h is Co u rt ex am in es a r eq ues t fo r a

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

, i t a ct s i n an erro r-co rrect i n g m o d e s u ch t h at a d en i al o f t h e

ap p li cat io n i s o n t h e m eri t s

, an d t h e o rd er d en y i n g t h e ap p l i cat i o n i s res ju d i cat a wi th

res p ect t o t h e s u bs t an ce of t h e req u es t ed rev i ew.” El r o d v. S u nf l o wer Mea d

o ws Dev.,

LLC , 3 2 2 Ga. Ap p

. 6 6 6

, 67 0 (4 ) (7 4 5 SE2 d 8 4 6 ) (2 0 1 3 ); see al s o No r t h wes t S o ci al

& Ci vi c Cl u b v. Fr a n kl in

, 2 7 6 Ga. 8 5 9

, 8 6 0 (5 8 3 SE2 d 8 5 8 ) (2 0 0 3 ) ( h o l d i n g t h at

d e n i a l o f d i s cret i o nary ap p eal act s as res ju d i cat a o n t h e m eri t s ). Ou r d en i al o f April 07, 2016Bro w n ’ s ap p li cat i o n fo r d i s cre t i o n a ry rev i ew o f t h e su p eri o r co urt ’ s o rd er was a

d eci s i o n o n th e m eri t s

, an d Bro wn “ h as n o ri gh t t o fi le a d i r e c t a p p e a l a n d o b t ai n a

s e c o n d rev i ew.” No r th wes t So ci a l & Ci vi c Cl u b

, 2 7 6 Ga. at 8 6 0 (ci t at i o n a n d

p u n ct u at i o n o m it t ed ).

Th i s ap p eal i s t herefo re DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d ict 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

. 04/07/2016