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Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ October 29, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A27O0019. SONYA MCNEAL v. CHANA Q. CLEMONS, et al. Sonya McNeal filed a civil suit against Navy Federal Credit Union and other parties. In April 2025, the trial court issued an order dismissing her action and entering a bill of peace. She has appealed from the April 2025 order, although no appeal has yet been docketed in this Court.1 On September 9, 2026, the trial court dismissed McNeal’s motion to set aside the bill of peace and directed the clerk of court not to accept any filing from McNeal without approval from a judge. McNeal has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in this Court against the clerk of the trial court, seeking an order voiding the trial court’s September 9 order and other extraordinary relief. For the reasons that follow, we dismiss this petition. “Generally, the superior courts of this state have the power, in proper cases, to issue process in the nature of mandamus, . . . 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 in part on other grounds, Arnold v. Alexander, 321 Ga. 330, 336(1) (914 SE2d 311) (2025). See also Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. IV. “The writ of mandamus is properly issued 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.” 1 McNeal also filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s dismissal of a petition for writ of mandamus she filed against the clerk of the trial court, Chanae Q. Clemons. That appeal likewise has not yet been docketed in this Court. Bibb County v. Monroe County, 294 Ga. 730, 734(2) (755 SE2d 760) (2014). McNeal’s petition contains no indication that she has no other legal remedy to challenge the September 9 order. See Bibb County, 294 Ga. at 734(2). We thus conclude that this case does not present one of the “extremely rare” instances in which this Court will grant mandamus relief. See generally Arnold, 321 Ga. at 335(1) & n.6. For these reasons, this mandamus petition is hereby DISMISSED. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 10/29/2026 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.