Williams v. Skandalakis

Benham, Chief Justice.

Acting pro se and asserting his status as a pauper, seeking thereby to avoid the payment of costs, Williams filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Fulton County in which he sought various forms of damages and injunctive relief against various officials and employees of Fulton County, the City of Atlanta, the City of East Point, and DeKalb County. The superior court denied filing of the complaint under OCGA § 9-15-2 (d), which requires that such complaints be reviewed prior to filing and that filing be denied

if the judge determines that the pleading shows on its face…