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o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

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ap p li c a t i o n fo r a cert i fi cat e o f n eed t o es t ab li sh an i np at i en t ps y ch iat ri c h o s p i t al in

Co wet a Co u n t y

. Ves t Newn an , al o n g wi t h Co w et a Co u n t y an d t h e Ci t y o f Newn an ,
p et i t i o n ed fo r ju d i ci al rev ie w i n t h e Su p eri o r Co u rt o f Co wet a Co u n t y

. Tan n er

M ed i cal Cen ter, In c. an d th ree o t h er r e s p o n d en ts m o v ed t o t ran s fer v en u e t o t h e

Su p eri o r Co u rt o f Fu l t o n Co u n t y

. Th e Su p eri o r Co u rt o f Co wet a Co un t y d en i ed t h e

m o ti o n , an d t h e res p o n d en t s f i l e d t h i s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap peal

. W e,

h o wev er, l ack ju ri s di ct i o n.

A tri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g o n a m o t io n t o t ran s fer v en u e i s n o t a fi n al ju d g m en t ;

“ t h us , i t i s s u b

ject t o t h e p ro ced ures g o v e r n i n g i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal s

. ” Ma u er v.

Pa r ker Fi b er n et

, LLC

, 3 06 G a. Ap p

. 1 6 0, 1 6 1 (7 01 SE2 d 5 9 9 ) (2 0 1 0 ); s ee al s o Pa t el

v. Ga

. Po wer C o

. , 2 3 4 G a. Ap p

. 1 4 1 (2 ) (5 0 5 SE2 d 7 8 7) (1 9 9 8). A cco rd i n g l y , to

o b t ai n rev i ew of t he d en ial o f t h ei r m ot i on , res p o nd en t s w ere req u i red t o co m p l y wi th

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ), in cl u d in g o b t ai ni n g a cert i fi cat e o f i m m ed i at e rev iew fro m t h e

s u p eri o r co u rt

. Pa t el

, s u pra; Gr i f f i t h v. Ga

. Bd

. o f D en t is t r y , 1 7 5 Ga. Ap p. 53 3 (3 3 3

SE2 d 6 4 7 ) (1985)

. A lthough r e sponde nts h a ve ap p l i ed fo r d i s cret i o n ary rev iew, “ [t ] h e

d i s cret i o n a r y a p p eal st at u t e d o es n o t ex cu se a p art y seek i ng ap p el l at e rev i ew o f an

i n t erl o cu t o ry o rd er fro m co m p l y i n g wi t h th e ad d i t io n al req u i rem en t s o f OCGA § 5 -6

-
3 4 (b ).” Ba i l ey v. Ba i l e

y , 2 6 6 Ga. 8 3 2, 8 33 (4 7 1 SE2 d 21 3 ) (1 9 96 ). Res p o n d en t s ’

fai l u re to co m

p l y wi t h t h e i n t erl o cu t ory ap p eal p ro ced u res d e p r i v e s of u s o f July 09, 2015ju ri s d i ct i o n t o co n s i d er t h is d i s cret i o n ary ap p l icat i o n , wh i ch i s h ereb y D ISM ISSED.

W e are aware th at n i n e d ay s aft er d en y i n g res p o n d en t s ’ m o ti o n fo r ch an g e o f

v en ue, t h e s u p eri o r co u rt en t ered a fi n al ru l i ng i n fav or o f Ves t Newn an , t h e co u n t y ,

an d t h e ci t y

. Th at s u b s eq u en t ru l i n g d o es n o t al t er ou r ju ri s d i ct i o n al an al y s i s , as t h e

fact rem ai n s t h at t hi s ap pl i cat i on was fi l ed fro m an i n t erl o cu t o ry o rd er. See An t h o n y

v. An t h o n y , 2 3 6 Ga. 5 0 8 ( 2 2 4 SE2 d 3 4 9 ) (1 9 7 6 ) (d i sm i s s i n g d i rect ap p eal fro m

i n t erl o cu t o ry ord er d en y i n g “ p l ea t o ju ri s d i ct i o n ,” ev en t h o u g h fi n al ju d g m en t was

en t ered s h o rt l y t h ereaft er); s ee al s o Ri ch a r d s on v. Gen er a l M

ot or s Co r p

. , 2 2 1 Ga.
Ap p . 5 8 3 (4 7 2 SE2 d 1 43 ) (1 9 9 6 ).

W e al s o n o t e t h at res p o n d en t s hav e fi l ed a s ep arat e ap p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m t h e s up eri o r co u rt ’ s fi n al ru l i n g

. See Cas e No

. A1 5 D0 4 6 3.

If th at ap p l i cat i o n is g ran t ed

, t h en res p o n d en t s wi ll b e e n t i t l e d to ch al len g e i n t h e

en s u in g ap p eal al l p ri o r ru l i n g s i n t h e cas e “ wi t h o u t reg ard t o w h et h er t he

. . . ru l i n g

. . . was fi n al .” OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (d ); s ee al s o Pa u ld i ng Co un t y v. Mo r ri s o n , 3 1 6 Ga.
Ap p . 8 0 6 , 8 0 9 n .1 5 (7 28 SE2 d 9 2 1 ) (2 0 1 2 ).

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. 07/09/2015