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Th i s cas e beg an as a d i s p o ss es s o ry p ro ceed i n g in m ag i st rat e co u rt

. Aft er

de f en d an t M ed i t erran ean Di n i n g Gro u p , In c. as s ert ed a co u n t ercl ai m f or da m a ge s, the

act i on was t ran s ferred t o t he s u p eri o r co urt

. At s o m e p o i n t, Ti m Su n d y an d Dav id

Su n d y were ad d ed as d efen d an t s

. 1 On Decem b er 3

, 2 0 1 8, t h e s u p eri o r co u rt i s s u ed

a “ Fi n al J u d g m en t ” award i n g t h e p l ai n t iff $ 3 9 4 ,6 1 7 .4 7 in u np ai d l eas e o b li g at i on s

an d i nt eres t ag ai ns t al l t h ree defen d an t s

. On Jan u ary 2

, 2 01 9

, d efen d an t T i m Su n d y ,
p ro ceed in g p ro s e, fi l ed t h i s ap p l i cat i on fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap peal

, s eek i n g ap p el l at e

rev i ew o f t h e Decem

b er 3 o rd er. 2 W e l ack ju ri s di ct i o n

. An ap p l icat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary rev i ew g en eral l y m ay b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 day s

o f en t ry o f t h e ord er s o u g ht t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (d ). Th e un d erl y i n g

s u b ject m at t er o f an ap p eal

, h o wev er, co n t ro ls o v er t h e rel i ef s o u g h t in d et erm i n i n g

t h e p r o p e r a p p el l at e pro ced u re. Ra d i o S a n d y S p r i ng s
, In c. v. Al l en Ro a d Jo i nt

Ven t u r e , 3 1 1 Ga. Ap p

. 3 3 4

, 3 3 5 (7 1 5 SE2 d 7 5 2 ) (2 0 11 ). Un d er OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6,

1 It ap p ears t h at ad d it i o n al co u n t ercl ai m d e f e n d an t s al so were ad d ed t o t h i s
act i on b efo re en t ry o f t h e o rd er o n ap peal i n t h i s ap pl i cat i o n

. Th e s t at u s o f t h o s e

p art i es i s u n cl ear o n t h e cu rren t reco rd

.

2 Ti m Su n d y i n i t i al l y fi l ed t h is ap p l i cat i o n i n t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

, wh i ch

t ran s ferred t h e m a t t er to t h i s Co u rt

. As th e o n l y d efen d an t wh o s i g n ed t h e

ap p li cat io n , Ti m

Su n d y i s t h e s o l e ap p li can t becau s e, as a n o n -at t o rn ey , h e m ay n ot fi le an ap p eal o n b eh al f o f ot h er p art i es

. See An ieb u e v. Ja gu a r Cr ed i t Co r p

. , 3 0 8 Ga. Ap p . 1 , 1 , n . 1 (7 0 8 SE2 d 4 ) (2 0 1 1 ). March 15, 2019ap p eal s i n d i s p o s s es s ory act i o ns m u s t be fi l ed wi t h i n 7 d ay s o f t h e d at e t h e ju d g m en t

was en t ered

. See R a

y M. W r ig h t

, In c. v. Jo n es , 23 9 Ga. Ap p. 5 2 1

, 5 2 2 -5 2 3 (5 2 1 SE2 d

4 5 6 ) (1 9 9 9 ). Pret erm i t t i n g w h e t h er th e Decem b er 3 o rd er i s a fi n al o rd er t h at

d i s p o s ed o f al l p en di n g i s su es i n t h is cas e, Ti m Su n d y ’ s ap p l i cat i on i s u n ti m el y, a s

i t w as fi l ed 3 0 d ay s aft er en t ry o f t h e s u p eri o r co urt o rd er h e s eek s t o ap p eal

. Co n seq u en t l y , t hi s u n t i m el y ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n a r y rev i ew i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

. 3

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 t n 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

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3 To t h e e x t en t t h at T i m Su nd y al s o s eek s p erm i s s i o n t o ap p eal a “ Cas e Di s p os i t i o n Fo rm ” en t ered o n Decem b er 6

, 2 0 1 8

, o r an y p ri o r o rd ers en t ered i n t h i s
act i on , h i s ap p li cat i o n l i k ewi s e i s untim e l y , pr e te r m itting w he the r an ap peal o t h erwi s e

wo u l d l i e fro m an y

s u ch fi l i n g s. See OCGA § 4 4-7 -5 6 ; Ra d i o Sa n d y S p r i n g s
, In c. , 3 1 1 Ga. Ap p . at 3 35 -3 3 6

. 03/15/2019