Case Title: Matter of Dixon

Citation: 

Docket Number: 101, 2007

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF KEVIN DIXON 
FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS 
§ 
§  No. 101, 2007 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: March 16, 2007 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: May 15, 2007 
 
Before HOLLAND, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 15th day of May 2007, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The petitioner, Kevin Dixon, seeks to invoke this Court’s 
original jurisdiction to issue an extraordinary writ of mandamus1 to compel 
the Superior Court to provide him with copies of his court-ordered 
psychiatric/psychological evaluations so that he may pursue a postconviction 
motion.  The State of Delaware, as the real party in interest, has filed an 
answer requesting that Dixon’s petition be dismissed.   
 
(2) 
The petition filed by Dixon asserts claims identical to those 
contained in a petition for a writ of mandamus he filed in November 2006.  
By Order dated January 19, 2007, that petition was dismissed on the ground 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(6); Supr. Ct. R. 43. 
 
2
that it manifestly failed to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court.2  For 
that reason, Dixon’s instant petition also must be dismissed.3 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
mandamus is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
2 In the Matter of the Petition of Kevin Dixon for a Writ of Mandamus, Del. Supr., No. 
601, 2006, Steele, C.J. (Jan. 19, 2007). 
3 Supr. Ct. R. 29(c).