Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ January 29, 2015 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A15A0940. HARRY W. BURKHALTER v. RES-AL ONE, LLC.

Res-Al One, LLC obtained judgment against Harry W. Burkhalter in Alabama.

Res-Al One sought to have the judgment domesticated in Georgia, and on January 24, 2014, a Georgia court entered judgment. Burkhalter filed a motion to set aside under OCGA § 9-11-60 (d), arguing that Res-Al failed to file its domestication action in the proper venue. Burkhalter also sought to have the matter transferred to the proper court. The trial court denied the motion, and Burkhalter filed this appeal.

We lack jurisdiction for two reasons. First, appeals from orders denying motions to set aside under OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) must be made by application for discretionary appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (8). Second, we have already denied Burkhalter’s previous application for discretionary appeal from the same order he seeks to appeal here. See Case Number A15D0177, decided January 5, 2015. That denial was a decision on the merits, and the doctrine of res judicata bars any subsequent appeals from the same order. See Hook v. Bergen, 286 Ga. App. 258, 261 (1) (649 SE2d 313) (2007); Northwest Social & Civic Club v. Franklin, 276 Ga. 859, 860 (583 SE2d 858) (2003). For these reasons, we lack jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 01/29/2015 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 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.