SHEKITA MAXWELL v. BOWMAN STATION NRDE, LLC

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                          ATLANTA,____________________
                                                   December 19, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0620. SHEKITA MAXWELL et al. v. BOWMAN STATION NRDE, LLC.

       The magistrate court issued a dispossessory judgment in favor of plaintiff
Bowman Station NRDE, LLC, and against defendant Shekita Maxwell. Maxwell
appealed to state court. Following a jury verdict in the plaintiff’s favor, the state court
entered a judgment for the plaintiff, and Maxwell filed this direct appeal. We,
however, lack jurisdiction.
       An appeal from a state court order disposing of a de novo appeal from a
magistrate court decision must be initiated by filing an application for discretionary
appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (11); Strachan v. Meritor Mtg. Corp. East, 

 (

) (1995). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure
is jurisdictional.” Hair Restoration Specialists v. State of Ga., 

, 903
(

) (2021) (punctuation omitted). Maxwell’s failure to follow the
proper procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED.

                                          Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                                  C l e r k ’ s                  O f f i c e ,
                                          Atlanta,____________________
                                                    12/19/2023
                                                  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.