Rivera v. Harris

Bell, Justice.

This case began when the appellant, Steven Rivera, filed a pro se complaint for mandamus as an indigent. The trial court, relying on OCGA § 9-15-2 (d), refused to allow the complaint to be filed. Rivera then filed a notice of appeal, after which the clerk of superior court transmitted the record to this court. However, the clerk failed to include in the record a copy of the disallowed petition and other pertinent documents, which apparently have been lost or discarded. In an attempt to remedy these omissions, Rivera attached to his brief an appendix containing what he asserts…