Legal Opinion

Byrd v. Glanville

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 22, 2018No. A18A0316PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McFadden, Presiding Judge.

This case involves a mandamus petition filed in this court by a prison inmate, Herschel Gerald Byrd. The respondent, Judge Ural Glanville, has moved to dismiss the petition. We grant the motion because Byrd failed to use the mandatory form promulgated by the Administrative Office of the Courts ("AOC") and we, therefore, dismiss the petition.

On October 26, 2017, Byrd filed a petition for mandamus in this court, seeking to invoke this court's original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus ordering Judge Glanville to rule on the various motions filed by Byrd in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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