Case Title: Franklin v City of Dover Inspection Department

Citation: 

Docket Number: 215, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-07-25T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GERALD FRANKLIN, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
CITY OF DOVER INSPECTION 
DEPARTMENT, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 215, 2022 
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§  Court Below: Court of Common 
§  Pleas for the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. CPU5-20-000639 
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Submitted: July 12, 2022 
Decided: 
July 25, 2022 
 
Before VAUGHN, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
After consideration of the notice to show cause and the response, it appears to 
the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Gerald Franklin, filed a notice of appeal from a Court of 
Common Pleas order dated June 13, 2022, that granted the appellee’s motion to alter 
or amend the judgment to dismiss the action with prejudice.  The Senior Court Clerk 
of this Court issued a notice directing Franklin to show cause why the appeal should 
not be dismissed based on this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider an appeal from 
the Court of Common Pleas.  In response to the notice, Franklin appears to argue the 
merits of the appeal but does not address the Court’s lack of jurisdiction. 
 
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(2) 
This Court does not have jurisdiction to consider an appeal directly 
from the Court of Common Pleas.1  In the absence of jurisdiction, the appeal must 
be dismissed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice  
 
 
1 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11; Biggins v. Kliery, 2017 WL 1381355 (Del. Apr. 17, 2017).