McBride v. Knight

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Stephen McBride brought suit against a judge of the Superior Court of Cobb County and Jerald Knight, the judge’s official court reporter, seeking damages for the defendants’ alleged deliberate and malicious failure to transmit a copy of the transcript of his criminal trial to this court after he had filed his notice of appeal. The trial court granted the judge’s motion to dismiss, and that ruling is not challenged on appeal. Knight moved for summary judgment and proffered in support thereof his affidavit in which he averred that as court reporter, he is not informed when…