Background
This is a concise Disposition notice based solely on the one-page public order supplied by the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia. The order identifies the case as Shannon A. Walter v. Georgia Department of Labor et al., docket number A27D0246, and lists lower-court number 25CV08708. It is dated Atlanta, November 2, 2026.
The court states that it considered an Application for Discretionary Appeal. The supplied order does not describe the underlying dispute, identify the superior court by name or county, summarize the ruling sought to be reviewed, or state the parties’ arguments. It also does not provide a merits opinion, factual findings, legal analysis, or citations to authority. Accordingly, no substantive employment, labor, administrative-law, or other merits issue can be attributed to the court from this document.
The Court’s Holding
The Court of Appeals ordered that the Application for Discretionary Appeal be “GRANTED.” This disposition grants permission for the appeal to proceed; it is not a ruling reversing, affirming, vacating, or otherwise deciding the underlying lower-court judgment. The order supplies no public reasoning for the grant and does not identify any issue on which the court intends to rule.
The order further provides that the Appellant may file a Notice of Appeal within 10 days of the date of the order. It separately directs the Clerk of Superior Court to include a copy of the order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals. Those are the complete procedural directions stated in the supplied document. The order does not itself announce a filing extension, a stay, a briefing schedule, or any other relief.
The clerk’s certification states that the document is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia and refers to the clerk’s signature and the court’s seal. The supplied text does not identify a deciding judge, a panel, or a “Before” line, and the order does not expressly say “PER CURIAM.” No judicial authorship or panel composition is therefore asserted here.
Key Takeaways
- The Court of Appeals granted Shannon A. Walter’s Application for Discretionary Appeal in A27D0246.
- The Appellant may file a Notice of Appeal within 10 days of November 2, 2026, the date of the order.
- The Clerk of Superior Court must include a copy of the order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals.
- The public order gives only the outcome and procedural directions; it contains no merits holding or explanation of the court’s reasoning.
Why It Matters
The order establishes the next procedural step in this particular case: following the grant of discretionary review, the Appellant has the stated 10-day window to file a Notice of Appeal. It also ensures that the order granting review becomes part of the record sent to the appellate court.
Readers should not treat the grant as an indication that Walter has prevailed on any substantive claim or that the Georgia Department of Labor or any other appellee has lost on the merits. The document resolves only the application and gives transmission and filing instructions. Any description of the underlying controversy, the standard of review, forfeiture, or the legal basis for appellate review would require additional record materials not included in the supplied order.