Case Title: Kostyshyn v. New Castle County

Citation: 

Docket Number: 310, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PATRICIA KOSTSHYN, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, 
 
Plaintiff Below 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 310, 2023 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. N22J-02871 
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Submitted: November 6, 2023 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
November 7, 2023 
 
Before VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, GRIFFITHS, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
After consideration of the notice to show cause and the appellant’s response, 
it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Patricia Kostyshyn, filed this appeal from a monition 
action in the Superior Court.  On August 30, 2023 and September 26, 2023, the 
Clerk’s office sent letters advising Kostyshyn to pay the filing fee or file a motion 
to proceed in forma pauperis, first by September 14, 2023 and then by October 10, 
2023.   The Clerk’s office warned Kostyshyn that if she failed to do so a notice to 
show cause would issue.  The Clerk’s office sent the letters to the addresses provided 
by Kostyshyn and her brother, Peter Kostyshyn, who had filed the same documents.   
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(2) 
On September 27, 2023, the Deputy Prothonotary submitted a letter 
stating that Kostyshyn had not paid the Superior Court’s appeal preparation fee.  The 
Clerk’s office sent Kostyshyn a letter withdrawing the record deadline and directing 
her to pay the Superior Court appeal preparation fee by October 10, 2023, or a notice 
to show cause would issue.  Kostyshyn did not pay this Court’s filing fee or the 
Superior Court’s appeal preparation fee.  She also failed to file a motion to proceed 
in forma pauperis.    
(3) 
On October 11, 2023 and October 12, 2023, the Clerk’s office issued 
notices, by certified mail, directing Kostyshyn to show cause why this appeal should 
not be dismissed for her failure to pay this Court’s filing fee and the Superior Court 
appeal preparation fee.  Postal records show that the October 11, 2023 notice to show 
cause was delivered on October 12, 2023 and the October 12, 2023 notice to show 
cause was returned with the notation “return to sender, vacant, unable to forward.”  
On October 23, 2023, the Clerk’s office reissued the notices to show cause by first 
class mail.  The Court’s correspondence and notices to show cause were sent to the 
addresses that the Kostyshyns provided, and continue to provide, to this Court. 
(4) 
On October 25, 2023, November 3, 2023, and November 6, 2023, 
Kostyshyn filed documents that are deemed to be her response to the notice to show 
cause.  The documents do not address her failure to pay this Court’s filing fee or the 
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Superior Court’s appeal preparation fee.  In light of Kostyshyn’s failure to pay those 
fees or a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, this appeal must be dismissed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
Justice