Case Title: Matter of Epperson

Citation: 

Docket Number: 447, 2009

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE  
 
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PETITION OF KEVIN S.  
 
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No. 447, 2009 
EPPERSON FOR A WRIT OF  
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MANDAMUS. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: August 26, 2009  
 
 
 
Decided: 
October 13, 2009 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 13th day of October 2009, upon consideration of Kevin S. Epperson’s 
petition for a writ of mandamus and the State’s answer and motion to dismiss, it 
appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The petitioner, Kevin S. Epperson, is a state prisoner serving a term of 
imprisonment following his March 1996 conviction for Kidnapping in the First 
Degree and Unlawful Sexual Contact in the Second Degree.  Epperson seeks to 
invoke this Court’s original jurisdiction to issue an extraordinary writ of 
mandamus to compel the Superior Court Prothonotary to docket his latest 
postconviction motion. 
 
(2) 
It appears from the Superior Court docket that Epperson’s latest 
postconviction motion was docketed on August 14, 2009 and summarily dismissed 
by the Superior Court on August 27, 2009.  As a result, Epperson’s mandamus 
petition in this Court is moot. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
mandamus is DISMISSED as moot. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice