Georgia Court of Appeals

Patrick Labat, Sheriff Of Fulton County v. Ralph Gershom LLC

A26I0176 April 16, 2026 Interlocutory Application Dismissed

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What the court decided

The issue at stake in this case is whether sovereign immunity bars a lawsuit against Sheriff Patrick Labat, who is accused of improperly selling property through a lien sale. The plaintiff, Ralph Gershom LLC, claims that the sheriff's actions are not protected by sovereign immunity. The Court of Appeals dismisses the interlocutory application as superfluous because it duplicates an already pending appeal in Case No. A26A1678, and directs the parties to submit future filings under that case.