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Date Created: 2024-01-05 19:05:19.446947+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 January 05, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0734. EUTHA L. DORSEY v. BYUNG KIM.

      This case began as a dispossessory proceeding in magistrate court. Following
an adverse ruling, defendant Eutha Dorsey appealed to the state court, which entered
a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff on December 2, 2022. Ten days later, Dorsey
filed a direct appeal to this Court; we dismissed the appeal as untimely and for failure
to comply with the discretionary review procedures. See Dorsey v. Kim, Case
No. A24A0415 (Oct. 16, 2023); OCGA §§ 5-6-35 (a) (11); 44-7-56 (b) (1).
      In the trial court, Dorsey also filed an OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) motion to set aside
the December 2022 order, which the trial court denied on November 9, 2023. That
same day, Dorsey filed this direct appeal. We again lack jurisdiction.
      As we stated in our order dismissing Dorsey’s prior appeal, 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 review. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (11),
(b); Strachan v. Meritor Mtg. Corp. East, 216 Ga. App. 82, 82 (453 SE2d 119) (1995).
And an appeal from a trial court order denying an OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) motion to set
aside likewise must be initiated by filing an application for discretionary review.
OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (8), (b); Jim Ellis Atlanta, Inc. v. Adamson, 283 Ga. App. 116, 116
(640 SE2d 688) (2006). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is
jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471 SE2d
60) (1996). Dorsey’s failure to follow the proper procedure deprives us of jurisdiction
over this direct appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See Jim Ellis Atlanta, Inc., 283
Ga. App. at 116-117; Strachan, 216 Ga. App. at 82.

                                      Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,__________________
                                                                        01/05/2024
                                            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.