Case Title: Matter of Kostyshyn

Citation: 

Docket Number: 116, 2019

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF PETER 
KOSTYSHYN FOR A WRIT OF 
MANDAMUS 
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§ No. 116, 2019 
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Submitted: March 28, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
April 2, 2019 
 
ORDER 
 
On March 12, 2019, the petitioner, Peter Kostyshyn, filed a petition for a writ 
of mandamus directing the Superior Court to release him immediately to Level III 
supervision.  On March 12, 2019, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice directing 
Kostyshyn to show why this appeal should not be dismissed based on: (i) his failure 
to comply with this Court’s July 16, 2013 order requiring him to include the filing 
fee or a properly completed motion to proceed in forma pauperis with pro se filings 
relating to his criminal cases; and (ii) his failure to state a basis for the issuance of a 
writ of mandamus.  Kostyshyn failed to respond to the notice to show cause within 
the required the ten-day period, making dismissal deemed to be unopposed.   
This is the third proceeding Kostyshyn has instituted in this Court relating to 
his alleged violation of probation in 2018.1  If Kostyshyn files any additional 
                                                 
1 Kostyshyn v. State, 2019 WL 327961, at *1 (Del. Jan. 23, 2019) (dismissing interlocutory appeal 
regarding Kostyshyn’s competency for a contested violation of probation hearing); In re 
Kostyshyn, No. 115, 2019 (interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court’s February 21, 2019 
rulings). 
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interlocutory appeals or writs in this Court relating to this violation of probation, the 
Clerk is directed not to docket such filings absent leave of the Court. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(c), that this appeal is DISMISSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
Justice