Georgia Court of Appeals, 1997

Serpentfoot v. Salmon

Serpentfoot v. Salmon
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided March 13, 1997 · Beasley, McMurray, Smith
483 S.E.2d 927; 225 Ga. App. 478; 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 1452; 1997 Ga. App. LEXIS 423 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Serpentfoot v. Salmon

Opinion

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Serpentfoot, a county prisoner formerly known as Anne Clay Otwell, filed a petition entitled, “Motion and Citation for Contempt,” against a trial court judge and an assistant district attorney and a county attorney (defendants), seeking to have defendants charged with criminal offenses and held in contempt for treating her present name as an alias in an unrelated criminal proceeding. A different trial judge dismissed Serpentfoot’s petition, pursuant to OCGA § 9-15-2 (d), finding it insufficient to present any justiciable issue of law or fact. This direct appeal followed. Held:

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 provides that “[ajppeals of all actions filed by prisoners shall be as provided in Code Section 5-6-35.” OCGA § 42-12-8. The case sub judice is subject to this provision because Serpentfoot filed her “Motion and Citation for Contempt” and her notice of appeal while a county prisoner. See OCGA § 42-12-3 (4). Since Serpentfoot has not followed the discretionary appeal procedure provided in OCGA § 5-6-35, we have no jurisdiction to consider this appeal. Botts v. Givens 223 Ga. App. 139 (476 SE2d 816); Boyle v. State of Ga., 190 Ga. App. 734 (380 SE2d 57). Accordingly, we must dismiss Serpentfoot’s appeal.

Appeal dismissed.

Beasley and Smith, JJ, concur.

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