Carlos Garcia v. Brickstone Properties, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: May 20, 2015
• Docket: A15D0349
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ May 05, 2015

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A15D0349. CARLOS GARCIA v. BRICKSTONE PROPERTIES, LLC.

Carlos Garcia, who is proceeding pro se, has filed an application for discretionary review of a Fulton County magistrate court order compelling him to pay rent pending appeal. However, this Court may only address magistrate court matters that already have been reviewed by the state or superior court. See Handler v. Hulsey, 199 Ga. App. 751 (406 SE2d 225) (1991); Westwind Corp. v. Washington Federal Savings & Loan Assn., 195 Ga. App. 411 (1) (393 SE2d 479) (1990). The Georgia Constitution requires that “[a]ny court shall transfer to the appropriate court in the state any civil case in which it determines that jurisdiction or venue lies elsewhere.” See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. VIII; Bosma v. Gunter, 258 Ga. 664 (373 SE2d 368) (1988). Accordingly, this case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Superior Court of Fulton County.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 05/05/2015 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 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.