Case Title: Clouser v. Dougherty, et al.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 405, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JEFFREY A. CLOUSER, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
KIM DOUGHERTY, et al.,  
 
Defendants Below- 
Appellees. 
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§  No. 405, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court  
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. N15C-07-240 
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Submitted: August 22, 2018 
  Decided: September 4, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
Upon consideration of the notice of interlocutory appeal and amended notice 
of interlocutory appeal, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The plaintiff-appellant, Jeffrey Clouser, has petitioned this Court under 
Supreme Court Rule 42 to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order of the 
Superior Court, dated July 11, 2018, denying his motions to amend his complaint 
and for sanctions against defense counsel.   
(2) 
Clouser filed an untimely application for certification to take an 
interlocutory appeal in the Superior Court on August 2, 2018.  The Superior Court 
denied the certification application as untimely on August 10, 2018.   
 
 
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(3) 
Supreme Court Rule 42(c)(i) provides that an application for 
certification of an interlocutory appeal “shall be served and filed within 10 days of 
the entry of the order from which the appeal is sought or such longer time as the trial 
court, in its discretion, may order for good cause shown.”  The Superior Court 
concluded that Clouser had not shown good cause for his untimely application for 
certification.  We find no abuse of the Superior Court’s discretion in so ruling.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the within 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice