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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 18 THE CHAMPION LEGAL SECTION, THURSDAY, FEBRYARY 8 - 14, 2024 ley, and As next friend of QW and ZW vs. Cynthia Minor Kirby Clements, Jr., Gina Clements Boyd, plff.; Samantha Feinberg, dft. (7) 21A02167 Michael Hollo way vs. Milka M. Ogbai, Farm ers Insurance Exchange Torrie L. Bale, Thomas J. Lyman, plff.; Alalna S. Howard, dft. (8) 21A02175 Yolanda Villafan vs. Ricky Langston, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Steven W. Saccoc- cia, Salu K. Kunnatha, plff.; Denise E. Weiner, Samuel S. Sykes, II, dft. (9) 21A02176 Sonia Diaz Mor ales vs. Ricky Langston, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insur ance Company Steven W. Sac- coccia, Salu K. Kunnatha, plff.; Denise E. Weiner, Samuel S. Sykes, II, Cristal J. Vickers, dft (10) 21A02973 Alicia Morton vs. Rodney Bivins, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company Hector J. Rojas, Jr., plff.; Willi am S. Cowsert, Lucas Cowan, Jonathan M. Adelman, dft. (11) 21A04173 Shirley Nelson, individually and as the next of kin and the administrator of the Estate of Clarence Manning, and Ariel Hill vs. Wellpath, LLC, and Et Al. Natalie S. Wood ward, Brian H. Craig, plff.; Beth Boone, R. Wells Littlefield, dft. (12) 21A04729 Abdaliah Alminawi vs. Mary Patricia Fra zier, and Et Al. Samuel S. Johnson, plff.; Rodney Dillard, II, Brent W. Cole, Ida Sassani, dft. (13) 21A05205 Karria Lawrence vs. Kidane A. Weld- ermariam Nyjah Johnson, plff.; Kenneth J. Rajotte, dft. (14) 21A05719 Patrice Powell vs. Westhaven at Vinings Apartments, and Et al. Madeleine N. Simmons, plff.; Sun S. Choy, Shaun J. Foley, Matthew B. Jager, Abigail W. Miller, Jeffrey A. Brown, Jams Merritt, Jr., dft. (15) 21A05754 Patrice Smart vs. Donye Christopher Evans William T. Joyner, Benjamin Middleton, plff.; Kevan G. Dorsey, Michele A. Milkey, dft. (16) 22A00074 Mike Scottman, individually and as guardian on behalf of J S, Et Al. vs. Emory Healthcare, Inc. and Et Al. Theresa Seals Starkes, plff.; Robert W. Stannard, Alan J. Payne, dft. (17) 22A00090 Jonathan D. Stafford vs. Lashonda H. Belcher Robert A. Falanga, plff.; W. Curtis Anderson, dft. (18) 22A00367 Shirleatheia Walker vs. John Doe I, and Et Al., Allstate Property and Casu alty Insurance Company Zane Bradford, John S. O'Briant, III, plff.; Naporsha Valentine, dft. (19) 22A00844 David Doss, Kelli Doss, individually and as next friend of Kinsley Doss and Kingston Doss vs. Jahkaya Stuart, Progressive Premier In surance Company of Illinois DeMone Lee, plff.; Jason D. Darneille, dft. (20) 22A01119 Sharontay Wright vs. Barry Stephens Willi am T. Joyner, Benjamin Middleton, plff.; Nicholas Noble, dft. (21) 22A01132 Avn Sye, a minor, by and through, Alyssa Matthews, and Raymond Sye, as parents and next friends of Avn Sye, and Alyssa Matthew and Raymond Sye, individually vs. Emory Healthcare, Inc, d/b/a Emory Decatur Hospital, and Et Al. Lyle Griffin War- shauer, Robert R. Michael, plff.; Heather Horan Miller, Wayne D. McGrew, III, David D. Mack enzie, Lindsey Adams, Gabri- ella Wheeler, Henry D. Green, Jr., Paul E. Weathington, dft. (22) 22A01143 Patricia Saun ders as legal guardian and next friend of Jermaine Hughes, a minor and sole surviving child of Michelle Hughes, deceased vs. William Bamberg, and BHL Limo, Inc. Andre Dennis, plff.; James T. Budd, William S. Car- son, dft. (23) 22A01302 Neco Scott vs. Hillandale Center, LLC, and Et Al. J. Gabe Banks, Samuel 0. Weaver, plff.; Jonathan Silver- man, Joseph P. Menello, dft. (24) 22A01657 DeKalb County Appointed Administrator, as ad ministrator of the Estate of Domingo Paco Camacho, de ceased vs. Highland Knoll 2010, LLC d/b/a Highland Knoll Apartments, and Sabra Prop erty Management, LLC W. Calvin Smith, II, plff.; Matthew F. Barr, dft. (25) 22A01766 Shron Killings vs. Josephine Lounge, Inc. a/k/a Egres Society, Corp. and Et Al Ashley G. Mitchell, Mi chael M. Day, M. Alan Hol comb, Max E. Robinson, plff.; Matthew G. McLaughlin, Devin P. Arnold, Parks K. Stone, Lawrence Lee Washburn, IV, dft. (26) 22A01778 Markia Davis vs. ABC Company, and John Doe, Ethio-American Insur ance Company, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company Samuel S. Johnson, plff.; e. Blake Durham, Sarah C. Maley, Rebecca L. Abraham, dft. (27) 22A01 809 Darlene Brignolle-Mele vs. Cedric Reid Nkosi John Bey, Marta Batiste, plff.; Reid R. Parker, dft. (28) 22A01991 Jian Feng vs. Agustin Zacarias, and Owners Insurance Company Gregory J. Bosseler, plff.; Edward B. Pankowski, Wayne S. Tartline, Carolyn L. Lee, Steven R. Wilson, dft. (29) 22A02038 Cassandra Y. Rawls vs. Adam T. Bullock, All state Fire and Casualty Insur ance Company Austin M. Hiffa, plff.; Kristine M. Snyder, Sean L. Gill, Ashley Nichole Pate, dft. (30) 22A02047 Rodolfo Garcia Salgado, and Et Al. vs. Sead Travljanin, and Et Al. Charles P. Barry, III, plff.; Brian F. Willi ams, Jonathan M. Adelman, dft. 020-482434 2/8 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY PRESIDING JUDGE DIVISION A-4 CIVIL JURY CALENDAR WEEKS OF MARCH 11 AND 25,2024 TWO-WEEK CALENDAR CALENDAR CALL MONDAY, MARCH 11,2024 9:30 A.M. 2ND FLOOR, COURTROOM C LANA BROOKS CIVIL CASE MANAGER 404-371-2535 lmbrooks@dekalbcountvaa.aov www.dekalbstatecourt.net IN THE STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ORDER The within listed case numbers 21A02903 through 21A04325 comprise the Division A-4 ++Jury Trial calendar++ for the weeks of March 11 and 25, 2024. Calendar call will be on Monday, March 11, 2024 at 9:30 a m (ALL PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CALENDAR CALL.) THE RE MOVAL OF ANY CASE FROM THE TRIAL CALENDAR SHALL BE ONLY BY ORDER OF THE COURT. For any information regarding this calendar, please contact Lana Brooks, Division A-4 Civil Case Manager, at 404-371- 2535, or visit our website at www.dekalbstatecourt.net. SO ORDERED, this 8th day of February, 2024. ALVIN T. WONG, CHIEF JUDGE FOR DIVISION A-4 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY (1) 21A02903 Mechelle Barnes vs. Antionette Echeverria and Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority dba MARTA Shellea D. Crochet, plff.; Karee- mah Lewis, dft. (2) 21A04325 Maximilian Brew er vs. Avery Thomas Goggans Peter J. Ross, plff.; Van C. Armstrong, dft. 020-482435 2/8 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY PRESIDING JUDGE DIVISION A-4 ++CIVIL MOTIONS CALENDAR++ MARCH 6,2024 1:30 P.M. 2ND FLOOR, COURTROOM C LANA BROOKS CIVIL CASE MANAGER 404-371-2535 lmbrooks@dekalbcountvaa.aov www.dekalbstatecourt.net 1:30 p.m. (1) 22A03578 Gustavo Lan- daverde vs. Tiffany Jones Lu isa Alejos, plff.: Owen Lynch, dft. (2) 22A04112 Sashelle Mc Cray vs. Rickey Parker, Et. Al. Adanna Ugwonali, plff.; Jen nifer C. Adair, John Hamilton Peavy, Jr., dft. (3) 22A04735 Jillvonnie Finley vs. Kamari Lyles and Kendrick Lyles No Atty., plff.; Brian Miller, dft (4) 23A04892 Rita Mallory-Dix- on vs. Sheena McConnell, GEICO General Insurance Company Stephen Alan Shea, plff.; Rakhi D. McNeill, Katrina Croom, dft. 020-482436 2/8 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY PRESIDING JUDGE DIVISION A-4 CIVIL NON-JURY CALENDAR MARCH 6,2024 9:30 A.M. 2ND FLOOR, COURTROOM C LANA BROOKS CIVIL CASE MANAGER 404-371-2535 lmbrooks@dekalbcountyga.gov www.dekalbstatecourt.net IN THE STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ORDER The within listed case numbers 20A81867 through 23A03058 are hereby ORDERED placed on the ++NON-JURY TRIAL CALEN- DAR++ If any party wishes to rely on documentary evidence at this proceeding, such evidence must be e-filed at least twenty- four (24) hours in advance. Any demand for a jury trial shall be made in writing as a separ ate pleading, shall be filed with the Clerk, and a copy served on the opposing parties on or before ten (10) calendar days prior to the trial date listed herein. If a jury trial is not so demanded then a party shall be deemed to have waived right to trial by jury pursuant to Collins v. Jones, et. al. 197 Ga. App 839 (1990). For any information regarding this calendar, please contact Lana Brooks, Division A-4 Civil Case Manager, at 404-371 - 2535, or visit our website at www.dekalbstatecourt.net. SO ORDERED, this 8th day of February, 2024. ALVIN T. WONG, CHIEF JUDGE FOR DIVISION A-4 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY (1) 20A81867 American Stand ard Insurance Company of Ohio vs. Rocio D. Resendiz- Cisneros Caitlin G. Miller, plff.; Calvin P. Yaeger, dft. (2) 23A00398 Citibank, N.A. vs Lavonia Sauls Flynn LaVrar, plff.; No Atty., dft. (3) 23A01753 Safeway Insur ance Company of Georgia vs Noel Sadiki and Asha Cubwa Ronald J. Lockley, plff.; No Atty., dft. (4) 23A02460 Citibank, N.A. vs. Lyssa Simpson Shenika L. Col lier, plff.; No Atty., dft (5) 23A02597 Jennifer Golden- Johnson vs. MV Knollwood LLC Tonya Shy, plff.; No Atty., dft (6) 23A03058 Onemain Finan cial Group, LLC vs. Maryann C. Thompson Connell A. Loftus, plff.; No Atty., dft. 020-482437 2/8 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY PRESIDING JUDGE DIVISION A-4 CIVIL PEREMPTORY CALENDAR MARCH 6,2024 1:00 P.M. 2ND FLOOR, COURTROOM C LANA BROOKS CIVIL CASE MANAGER 404-371-2535 lmbrooks@dekalbcountvaa.gov www.dekalbstatecourt.net TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR PRACTICING IN THE STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY PEREMPTORY CALENDAR, DIVISION A-4 PRESIDING JUDGE ORDER The following actions have been pending for more than one year and comprise the ++Peremptory Calendar-n- which will be called on Wed nesday, March 6, 2024 at 1:00 P.M. in Courtroom C, 2nd Floor of the DeKalb County Court house. All parties must appear in court to announce the status of their case. Failure of the Plaintiff to appear will result in the com plaint being dismissed. Failure of the defendant to appear will result in any counterclaim be ing dismissed and the answer being stricken pursuant to Uni form State Court Rule 20. Dismissal of any case prior to the calendar call on March 6, 2024 must be E-FILED with the Clerk prior to the CALL of the calendar in order to be effect ive. No continuances will be gran ted except on prior written or der of the Court for legal cause shown. All conflicts shall be handled as required by Geor gia Uniform Court Rule 17.2. For any information regarding this calendar, please contact Lana Brooks, Division A-4 Civil Case Manager, 404-371-2535, or visit our website at www.dekalbstatecourt.net. SO ORDERED, this 8th day of February, 2024. ALVIN T. WONG, CHIEF JUDGE FOR DIVISION A-4 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY (1) 22A01372 National Collegi ate Student Loan Trust 2005-2 vs. Curtis L. Wright and Timekiyo Wright Cherice A. Tadday, plff.; No Atty., dft (2) 22A01414 American Ex press National Bank vs. Moses Uga Keith D. Taylor, plff.; No Atty., dft. (3) 22A01651 Tigist Abegaz vs. Diamond Harris Steve Hart, plff.; No Atty., dft. (4) 22A01793 Professional Fin ancial Services vs. Darnell Peoples Fred Hecht, plff.; No Atty., dft. (5) 22A01965 Westlake Ser vices, LLC vs. Terrence Hawkins aka Terrence L. Hawkins Joseph C. Cooling, plff.; No Atty., dft. (6) 22A01971 Galaxy Interna tional Purchasing, LLC vs. Ter ence McCurty Richard A. Rus sell, plff.; No Atty., dft. (7) 22A01981 Goldman Sachs Bank USA vs. Warren Gal- limore Keith D. Taylor, plff.; No Atty., dft. (8) 22A02081 Discover Bank vs. Julie R. Moricle Louis R. Feingold, plff.; No Atty., dft. (9) 22A02159 Prestige Finan cial Services, Inc. vs. Earnest Charles Davis Beth E. Rogers, plff.; No Atty., dft. (10) 22A02310 Galaxy Interna tional Purchasing, LLC vs. Robert Peavy Heman A. Diaz- Caballero, plff.; No Atty., dft. (11) 22A02388 Onemain Finan cial Group, LLC vs. Antwon L. Butts Connell A. Loftus, plff.; No Atty., dft. 020-482438 2/8 STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY JUDGE ANA MARIA MAR TINEZ ++PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE CALENDAR++ MARCH 4,2024 1:00 P.M. DIVISION 6 JUDICIAL TOWER 3RD FLOOR, COURTROOM D NAKEYA BURTON CIVIL CASE MANAGER 404-687-7135 www.dekalbstatecourt.net IN THE STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ORDER OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIVISION VI PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND CIVIL JURY CALENDAR Consolidated Pretrial Order and Motions in Limine must be filed by: February 25, 2024 Mandatory Pretrial Conference to be held via Zoom: March 4, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Civil Trial Dates: March 26th through March 28th DeKalb County continues to monitor the COVID-19 emer gency and has the technology to conduct the calendar virtu ally. Lead counsel must ap pear virtually for the pretrial conference. All parties shall contact the Court via email to the Civil Case Manager, Na- keya Burton (nlburton1@dekal- bcountyga.gov), by February 25, 2024, for further instruc tions regarding proceeding with the Hearing using the Zoom ap plication. Counsel must include ALL parties on any email cor respondence with the Court. All cases should expect to be reached during the week of tri al. Cases may be called out of order as scheduling demands. Parties will be specially set for trial during the pretrial confer ence. The parties are re minded to review the Court's Standing Order as they pre pare the proposed Consolid ated Pre-Trial Order and in anti cipation of their attendance at the Pre-Trial Conference. Parties must submit a CON SOLIDATED Pretrial Order in conformity with Uniform State Court Rule 7.2 by February 25, 2024, via email to Ms. Burton in Word format. Failure to re spond to this calendar by the deadline, or to file the pro posed Consolidated Pretrial Or der to Ms. Burton, may result in the parties and/or their counsel being held in CONTEMPT and/or in the DISMISSAL of the complaint, answer, counter claim, cross claim or third party, as appropriate. All Motions in Limine shall be filed on or before February 25, 2024. The removal of a case from the Pre-Trial/Jury calendar for any reason shall ONLY BE BY OR DER OF THE COURT AND MUST BE FILED WITH THE COURT BY FEBRUARY 25, 2024. A Motion for Continu ance and/or Extension of Dis covery must be by consent of all parties and a Consent Or der submitted in Word format to Ms. Burton, at the same time as the Motion is filed with the Clerk of the Court. Lead Counsel is required to be (virtually) present at the Man datory Pretrial Conference on March 4, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. In preparation for the Pretrial con ference, Parties are directed to: • Email Ms. Burton a copy of the Consolidated Pretrial Order in Word format; • Discuss settlement options prior to the Pretrial Conference and be ready to discuss settle ment history with the Court; • Discuss any motions in Limine that have been filed and make a good faith effort to resolve them; and • Discuss any objections in de positions to be presented at tri al and make a good faith effort to resolve them. All unresolved objections, together with argu ment and citations, shall be brought to the pre-trial confer ence, with a copy to the Court. Any objections not brought be fore the Court prior to trial shall be deemed waived. Parties are directed to contact Ms. Burton via email at: nlbur- ton1@dekalbcountyga.gov re garding the calendar, trial mat ters and instructions by the deadline indicated in this Order. Standing Order and Calendar may be viewed at: www.dekalb- statecourt.net. SO ORDERED, this 30th day of January, 2024. Judge Ana Maria Martinez State Court of DeKalb County (1) 21A00132 Shelnika Cobb vs. Haleson W. Thompson Country Mutual Insurance Company Justin Spizman, plff.; Katie P. Iracl, dft. (2) 21A00156 James Mont gomery vs. Gold Moose Truck ing, Inc. W. Winston Briggs, plff.; Shawn Kalfus, Matthew P. Stone, dft. (3) 21A01036 Helen D. Protho vs. Lashonda D. Russell, Mid- Century Insurance Company C. Benjamin Avery, plff.; Pro Se, dft. (4) 21A03404 Sheretta Davis vs. Touchdown Wings aka YL 88, LLC Claudia B. Caycho- Acosta, plff.; Pro Se, Ann Cox Mandel, dft. (5) 2A04663 Marquis Ford Juni or as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marquis Ford vs. James Stewart Ramin Ker- mani-Nejad, plff.; Melody C. Ki- ella, dft. (6) 21A05045 Leyla Mohamed vs. Graham Davis M. Andrew Echols, plff.; Jennie E. Rogers, dft. (7) 21A05526 Atique Chow- dhury vs. Mamdum, LLC M. Cordele Rolls, plff.; Kevin J. Pratt, dft. (8) 22A00293 Willie Griffin vs. 4 Walls & Dirt, Limited Lawrence