Case Title: Benner v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 635, 2006

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2007-06-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LAWRENCE E. BENNER,  
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Respondent Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 635, 2006 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  C. A. No. 06M-11-007 
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O R D E R  
 
 
This 4th day of June 2007, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The Clerk of the Court issued a notice dated February 8, 2007, 
which directed the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(b) for failure to diligently 
prosecute the appeal.  The notice stated that, if the appellant did not respond 
to the notice to show cause within 10 days of receipt, dismissal of the appeal 
would be deemed to be unopposed. 
 
(2) 
On February 21, 2007, the appellant filed an out-of-time motion 
for an extension of time in which to file his opening brief.  On February 22, 
2007, the Court issued an Order affording the appellant an additional sixty 
days in which to file his opening brief.  The Order also provided that, if the 
 
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opening brief were not filed by April 23, 2007, the dismissal of the appeal 
would be deemed to be unopposed. 
 
(3) 
The appellant’s opening brief has not been filed as required by 
this Court’s February 22, 2007 Order.  Dismissal of this action is, therefore, 
deemed to be unopposed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice