Shanita Chandler v. Walmart, the Corporation

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: November 19, 2025
• Docket: A26D0197
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ November 19, 2025

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26D0197. SHANITA CHANDLER v. WALMART, THE CORPORATION.

Shanita Chandler filed this timely application for discretionary appeal of the superior court’s order denying her filing of a pro se civil complaint pursuant to OCGA § 9-15-2(d), which provides that “[a]n order denying filing shall be appealable in the same manner as an order dismissing an action.” See also OCGA § 5-6-34(a)(1) (a party may file a direct appeal from “[a]ll final judgments, that is to say, where the case is no longer pending in the court below”). We will grant an otherwise timely application for discretionary appeal if the lower court’s order is subject to direct appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35(j). Because the superior court’s order denying Chandler’s request to file her pleading is subject to direct appeal, this application is hereby GRANTED. Chandler shall have ten days from the date of this order to file a notice of appeal with the superior court if she has not already done so. The clerk of the superior court is DIRECTED to include a copy of this order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 11/19/2025 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.