Full Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ September 22, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A27O0004. JACKSON v. BURLESON. Derrick B. Jackson filed the instant original mandamus petition,1 seeking an order compelling the trial court judge in his criminal case to rule on various post- conviction motions. He has filed a motion to amend the original mandamus petition, conceding that the trial court judge has now “issued orders denying all of Petitioner’s motions.” In the motion to amend, he seems to be asking for an order compelling the trial court judge to set a hearing and argues that the trial court judge erred in denying him an appeal bond. The claims that Jackson asserted in his original mandamus petition are moot. And his proposed amendment does not properly assert a claim for original mandamus relief. “Generally, the superior courts of this state have the power, in proper cases, to issue process in the nature of mandamus, prohibition, specific performance, quo warranto, and injunction, and hence the need to resort to the appellate courts for such relief by petition filed in the appellate courts will be extremely rare.” Brown v. Johnson, 251 Ga. 436, 436 (306 SE2d 655) (1983), disapproved on other grounds, Arnold v. Alexander, 321 Ga. 330, 336(1) (914 SE2d 311) (2025). See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. IV (providing that appellate courts have mandamus 1 Jackson filed the petition in the Supreme Court of Georgia, which transferred it here. Case No. S26O1643 (July 16, 2026). authority in aid of their jurisdiction). Moreover, mandamus will issue “only if (1) no other adequate legal remedy is available to effectuate the relief sought; and (2) the applicant has a clear legal right to such relief.” Bibb County v. Monroe County, 294 Ga. 730, 734(2) (755 SE2d 760) (2014). Here, Jackson has an adequate legal remedy because a trial court’s order denying a motion for appeal bond is directly appealable. See Luke v. State, 282 Ga. App. 749 (639 SE2d 645) (2006); Wade v. State, 218 Ga. App. 377, 377-78(1) (461 SE2d 314) (1995). For these reasons, Jackson’s original petition for mandamus and motion to amend are hereby DISMISSED. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 09/22/2026 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.