Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-04-11 16:07:26.582035+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 April 06, 2017

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A17A1337. THOR ANDERSON v. HSBC BANK, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR
    FREEMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-D.

       This case began as a dispossessory proceeding in magistrate court. Following
an adverse ruling in that court, defendant Thor Anderson appealed to the superior
court. The superior court issued several orders ruling that a writ of possession issue
in favor of the plaintiff, with its most recent order entered on September 2, 2015. On
November 19, 2015, Anderson filed a notice of appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court,
which transferred the appeal here.1 The plaintiff has filed a motion to dismiss the
appeal.
       We lack jurisdiction for two reasons. First, “appeals from decisions of the
superior courts reviewing decisions of lower courts by certiorari or de novo
proceedings shall be by application for discretionary appeal.” Bullock v. Sand, 260
Ga. App. 874, 875 (581 SE2d 333) (2003); see also OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1).
Anderson’s failure to comply with the discretionary appeal procedure deprives us of
jurisdiction over this appeal.
       Second, Anderson’s appeal is untimely. Pursuant to OCGA § 44-7-56, an
appeal from any dispossessory judgment must be filed within seven days of the date
the judgment was entered. See Ray M. Wright, Inc. v. Jones, 239 Ga. App. 521 (521
SE2d 456) (1999). Here, Anderson’s notice of appeal was filed 78 days after entry
of the most recent superior court order ruling that a writ of possession issue in favor
of the plaintiff.

       1
           Supreme Court Case No. S17A0856.
      Accordingly, the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss is hereby GRANTED, and the
appeal is hereby DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.2

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                              Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                        04/06/2017
                                              I certify that the above is a true extract from
                                       the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
                                              Witness my signature and the seal of said court
                                       hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

                                                                                       , Clerk.

      2
       We decline to address the plaintiff’s request for frivolous appeal damages, as
the request was not filed as a separate document, but was made in the motion to
dismiss. See Court of Appeals Rule 41 (b).