Case Title: Matter of Evans

Citation: 

Docket Number: 90, 2016

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF AUGUSTUS 
HEBREW EVANS, JR. FOR A WRIT 
OF MANDAMUS 
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§  No. 90, 2016  
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Submitted: March 11, 2016 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
March 23, 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
Before HOLLAND, VALIHURA, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
This 23rd day of March 2016, upon consideration of the notice to show cause 
and the appellant’s response, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Augustus Hebrew Evans, Jr., was convicted of Assault 
in the Second Degree and other related offenses in 2007.  Evans’ convictions were 
affirmed on direct appeal.1  In 2015, following his appeal from the Superior 
Court’s denial of his request for leave to file a sixth motion for postconviction 
relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61, this Court concluded that Evans’ 
untimely, repetitive, and frivolous filings constituted an abuse of the judicial 
process.2  We directed the Clerk to refuse any future filing from Evans related to 
his criminal convictions and sentences unless the filing was accompanied by the 
                                                 
1 Evans v. State, 2009 WL 367728 (Del. Feb. 13, 2009). 
2 Evans v. State, 2015 WL 7758307, at *2 (Del. Dec. 1, 2015). 
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required filing fee or a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in compliance with 10 
Del. C. § 8803 and that motion was granted by the Court.3   
(2) 
On February 26, 2016, Evans filed a petition for a writ of mandamus 
that sought relief from his criminal convictions.  The Senior Court Clerk issued a 
notice directing Evans to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for 
his failure to pay the required filing fee or a motion to proceed in forma pauperis 
in compliance with 10 Del. C. § 8803 as required by this Court’s December 1, 
2015 order.   
(3) 
In his response to the notice show cause, Evans argues the merits of 
his claims.  Evans has not paid the required filing fee or a motion to proceed in 
forma pauperis in compliance with 10 Del. C. § 8803 as required by this Court’s 
December 1, 2015 order.  Evans’ petition for a writ of mandamus is therefore not 
approved for filing and must be dismissed.     
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
mandamus is STRICKEN and this matter is DISMISSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice 
 
                                                 
3 Id.