Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-11-01 07:08:42.810655+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                October 17, 2018

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A19A0465. EDWARD EARL BOWEN et al. v. PARISA, LLC.

        This case began as a dispossessory proceeding in magistrate court. Following
an adverse ruling, one or more defendants appealed to the superior court, which
dismissed the appeal. Defendant Edward Bowen then appealed directly to this Court.1
We lack jurisdiction.
        Appeals from superior 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) (1), (b); Bullock v. Sand, 260 Ga. App. 874,
875 (581 SE2d 333) (2003). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure
is jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471
SE2d 60) (1996). Bowen’s failure to follow the proper procedure deprives us of
jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See Bullock, 260 Ga.
App. at 875.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                              Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                        10/17/2018
                                              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.

      1
        Bowen, a non-lawyer, is the only defendant who signed the notice of appeal.
He thus is the sole appellant because, as a non-attorney, he may not file an appeal on
behalf of any other parties. See Aniebue v. Jaguar Credit Corp., 308 Ga. App. 1, 1,
n. 1 (708 SE2d 4) (2011).