Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-07 18:03:38.510558+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 December 07, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24E0036. MARCUS IVEY v. STATE OF GEORGIA.

      Marvis McDaniel Ivey, a non-attorney purporting to act as next friend of
Marcus Ivey, has filed a motion pursuant to Court of Appeals Rule 40 (c) seeking a
writ of mandamus directing the clerk of the DeKalb County Superior Court to file a
September 21, 2023 notice of appeal on behalf of Marcus Ivey.1 The motion is hereby
DENIED.

                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                                C l e r k ’ s                  O f f i c e ,
                                        Atlanta,____________________
                                                  12/07/2023
                                                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.

      1
         We note that “[n]atural persons with no license to practice law are not
permitted to act as ‘attorneys’ and represent other natural persons in their legal
affairs.” Eckles v. Atlanta Tech. Group, 267 Ga. 801, 804-805 (2) (485 SE2d 22) (1997).