Opinion ID: 1269888
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Pleading requirement

Text: 1. OCGA § 21-4-6 (f), as amended, provides for judicial review: Such review shall be limited solely to a review of the legal sufficiency of the recall ground or grounds and the legal sufficiency of the alleged fact or facts upon which such ground or grounds are based as set forth in such recall application; and the review of such alleged fact or facts shall be only for the determination of the legal sufficiency of such alleged fact or facts as to form and not as to truth and shall not include discovery or evidentiary hearings. [1] 2. OCGA § 21-4-5 (b) (1) (D) requires that an application for a recall petition contain a brief statement of the fact or facts upon which the ground or grounds are based. The standard for determining the statutory term legal sufficiency is whether the factual allegations state with reasonable particularity a ground for recall.