Chris Stanton v. the Impact Partnership, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: January 25, 2016
• Docket: A15A1715
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ January 19, 2016

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A15A1714. JOSHUA DAVID MELLBERG, LLC et al. v. THE IMPACT PARTNERSHIP, LLC et al.

A15A1715. STANTON v. THE IMPACT PARTNERSHIP, LLC et al.

We granted applications filed by the Appellants seeking the right pursuant to OCGA 5-6-34 (b) to file the captioned interlocutory appeals to consider the trial court’s order denying their motions to dismiss. The Appellees in the captioned appeals have filed motions to dismiss the appeals on the basis that this Court lacks jurisdiction because the Appellants failed to comply with the interlocutory appeal procedures set forth in OCGA § 5-6-34 (b). Having considered the record on appeal, we conclude that the Appellants failed to follow the procedural requirement of OCGA § 5-6-34 (b) that “the same trial judge who entered the order in question must issue the certificate of immediate review.” Mauer v. Parker Fibernet, LLC, 306 Ga. App. 160, 162 (701 SE2d 599) (2010). Because this procedural requirement was not followed, this Court has no jurisdiction to consider the appeals. Cherry v. Coast House, Ltd., 257 Ga. 403, 404 (359 SE2d 904) (1987); Mauer, supra. Accordingly, the appeals were improvidently granted; the motions to dismiss the appeals are granted; and the captioned appeals are DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 01/19/2016 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.