Case Title: Austin v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 367, 2014

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2014-09-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RAHEEM AUSTIN, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 367, 2014 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County, 
§  Cr. ID No. 1303017358   
§     
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: September 22, 2014 
 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: September 24, 2014 
 
ORDER 
 
This 24th day of September 2014, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On July 7, 2014, the appellant filed a notice of appeal from a June 26, 
2014 Superior Court order sentencing him for a violation of probation.  The 
appellant’s opening brief and appendix were due on or before August 20, 2014. 
(2) 
On August 22, 2014, the Chief Deputy Clerk sent a notice of brief 
delinquency to the appellant.  On September 3, 2014, the Chief Deputy Clerk 
issued a Supreme Court Rule 29(b) notice, by certified mail, directing the appellant 
to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to file an 
opening brief and appendix and for his failure to pay the required filing fee.  On 
September 9, 2014, the certified notice to show cause was returned in an envelope 
marked “Return to Sender, Attempted—Not Known, Unable to Forward.”  The 
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notice to show cause was sent again, by first class mail to the address on record 
with the Department of Correction, on September 9, 2014.   
(3) 
The appellant has failed to respond to the notice show cause sent by 
first class mail and still has not filed an opening brief.  Under these circumstances, 
dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed.1 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 3(b)(2)(providing that party is deemed to have consented to termination of appeal 
when that party fails to respond to notice to show cause).