Rodregus Watts v. Homer Bryson

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ November 23, 2015

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A16D0101. RODREGUS WATTS v. HOMER BRYSON.

Rodregus Watts filed a petition for mandamus against Homer Bryson, as Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Corrections. This application for discretionary appeal challenges the trial court’s order granting the respondent’s motion to dismiss Watts’s petition. We lack jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all cases involving extraordinary remedies, including mandamus. See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III (5); Ladzinske v. Allen, 280 Ga. 264 (626 SE2d 83) (2006) (“‘[C]ases involving the grant or denial of mandamus are within the exclusive jurisdiction of [the Supreme] Court without regard to the underlying subject matter or the legal issues raised.’”). Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the Supreme Court for disposition.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 11/23/2015

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.