Case Title: Owens v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 80, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ANDRE OWENS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 80, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1603002511 (K) 
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Submitted: March 22, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
April 10, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
This 10th day of April 2018, upon consideration of the notice to show cause 
and the appellant’s response to the notice to show cause, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On February 16, 2018, the appellant, Andre Owens, filed a notice of 
appeal from a February 5, 2018 Superior Court order sentencing him for a violation 
of probation.  On February 19, 2018, the Senior Court Clerk advised Owens to pay 
the Supreme Court filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis no later 
than March 6, 2018.  Owens was warned that a notice to show cause would issue if 
the filing fee was not paid or a motion to proceed in forma pauperis was not filed by 
March 6, 2018.   
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(2) 
Owens did not pay the filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma 
pauperis by March 6, 2018.  On March 7, 2018, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a 
notice directing Owens to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for 
his failure to pay the filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.    
(3) 
In his response to the notice to show cause, Owens describes the delays 
in his filing of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and states that he still would 
like to proceed with filing a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.  Owens did not 
include a motion to proceed in forma pauperis with his notice to show cause and still 
has not filed one.  In light of Owens’ failure to pay the filing fee or file a motion to 
proceed in forma pauperis, this appeal must be dismissed.      
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice