Case Title: Shirk v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 145, 2016

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2016-06-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SCOTT E. SHIRK, 
 
 
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No. 145, 2016 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below—Superior Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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Cr. ID No. 1207001759   
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
  
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: June 14, 2016 
  
Decided: 
June 20, 2016 
  
   ORDER 
This 20th day of June 2016, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant’s opening brief was due to be filed on or before May 
16, 2016.  When the appellant did not file the brief by the May 16 deadline, the 
Clerk sent the appellant a brief delinquency notice dated May 17, 2016, advising 
the appellant that the brief must be filed within seven days.  The appellant did not 
respond to the Clerk’s brief delinquency notice and did not file the opening brief. 
(2) 
On May 26, 2016, the Clerk issued a notice by certified mail, 
directing the appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for 
failure to file the opening brief.  The notice to show cause directed the appellant to 
respond within ten days and advised him that, if he did not respond, dismissal of 
the appeal would be deemed to be unopposed. 
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(3) 
The Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that the 
appellant received the notice to show cause on June 2, 2016.  The appellant’s 
response to the notice to show cause was due to be filed on or before June 13, 
2016. 
(4) 
The appellant did not respond to the notice to show cause and did not 
file the opening brief.  Under these circumstances, dismissal of the appeal is 
deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 
3(b)(2) and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Justice