Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 December 11, 2018

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A19A0750. DEWANTEZ CHESTER v. AUTOVEST, LLC.

      Dewantez Chester, the defendant in this civil action, filed this direct appeal
from the trial court’s order denying his OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) motion to set aside the
default judgment against him. We, however, lack jurisdiction.
      “[T]he denial of a motion to set aside a final judgment under OCGA § 9-11-60
is not directly appealable and instead requires the filing of an application for
discretionary appeal under OCGA § 5-6-35 (b).” Jim Ellis Atlanta v. Adamson, 283
Ga. App. 116, 116 (640 SE2d 688) (2006); see OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (8). Chester’s
failure to follow the required appellate procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this
appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.



                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                               Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                         12/11/2018
                                               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.
