Court Opinion

ID: 9960222
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Date Created: 2024-04-15 18:04:17.39181+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:19.045188
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                April 15, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A1267. GEORGE ALEXANDER et al. v. RANSOM RABUN.

      After the magistrate court entered judgment and a writ of possession against
them, George Alexander and Kezhia Blanks filed a petition for review in the state
court. The state court dismissed the petition as untimely, and Alexander and Blanks
now appeal directly to this Court. We lack jurisdiction.
      Appeals from state court decisions reviewing lower court decisions by certiorari
or de novo proceedings must be initiated by filing an application for discretionary
appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (11); Strachan v. Meritor Mortgage Corp. East, 216 Ga. App.
82, 82 (453 SE2d 119) (1995). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure
is jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471
SE2d 60) (1996). The failure of Alexander and Blanks to follow the discretionary
appeal procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                         Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                     04/15/2024
                                                  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.