Georgia Court of Appeals: Application Dismissed

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Filed March 9th, 2026

Detected March 10th, 2026

Summary

The Georgia Court of Appeals dismissed a discretionary application in the case of Wayland Braxton Willis v. Hon. Sheryl B. Jolly. The application was dismissed as having been improvidently docketed and was re-docketed as a petition for writ of mandamus under a different case number.

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The Georgia Court of Appeals, in Case Number A26D0395, has dismissed a discretionary application filed by Wayland Braxton Willis against Hon. Sheryl B. Jolly. The court found the application was improvidently docketed and has re-docketed it as a petition for writ of mandamus under Case Number A26E0154, as per Court of Appeals Rule 40 (c).

This action represents a procedural reclassification of a case within the appellate court system. For legal professionals involved, this means the case will proceed under a different procedural posture (mandamus petition) rather than the original discretionary appeal. No new compliance actions or deadlines are imposed on external parties by this specific dismissal order; however, parties involved in the case must adhere to the new docketing and procedural requirements for the mandamus petition.

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Wayland Braxton Willis v. Hon. Sheryl B. Jolly

Court of Appeals of Georgia

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Docket Number: A26D0395
Disposition: Discretionary Application Dismissed
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Discretionary Application Dismissed

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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________
March 09, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26D0395. WILLIS v. JOLLY.

This application for discretionary appeal is hereby DISMISSED AS HAVING
BEEN IMPROVIDENTLY DOCKETED. By previous order of this Court, the
application was re-docketed as a petition for writ of mandamus under Case Number
A26E0154. See Court Of Appeals Rule 40 (c).

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
03/09/2026
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.