Court Opinion

ID: 9911316
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Date Created: 2023-12-19 20:03:56.637226+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:57:51.921334
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                          ATLANTA,____________________
                                                   December 19, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0620. SHEKITA MAXWELL et al. v. BOWMAN STATION NRDE, LLC.

       The magistrate court issued a dispossessory judgment in favor of plaintiff
Bowman Station NRDE, LLC, and against defendant Shekita Maxwell. Maxwell
appealed to state court. Following a jury verdict in the plaintiff’s favor, the state court
entered a judgment for the plaintiff, and Maxwell filed this direct appeal. We,
however, lack jurisdiction.
       An appeal from a state court order disposing of a de novo appeal from a
magistrate court decision must be initiated by filing an application for discretionary
appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (11); Strachan v. Meritor Mtg. Corp. East, 216 Ga. App.
82, 82 (453 SE2d 119) (1995). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure
is jurisdictional.” Hair Restoration Specialists v. State of Ga., 360 Ga. App. 901, 903
(862 SE2d 564) (2021) (punctuation omitted). Maxwell’s failure to follow the
proper procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED.

                                          Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                                  C l e r k ’ s                  O f f i c e ,
                                          Atlanta,____________________
                                                    12/19/2023
                                                  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.