Case Title: German v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 221, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILLIAM GERMAN, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 221, 2023 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1706013188(N) 
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§ 
 
Submitted: September 6, 2023 
Decided: 
September 12, 2023 
 
 
ORDER 
 
(1) 
On June 20, 2023, the appellant filed a document indicating that he 
wanted to appeal, which the Clerk’s office deemed to be a notice of appeal from a 
Superior Court violation of probation sentence order dated June 1, 2023.  The 
Clerk’s office sent the appellant correspondence on several occasions directing him 
to complete and sign an official Form A notice of appeal and to pay the filing fee or 
to file a motion and affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis; the postal service 
returned the correspondence as undeliverable and unable to be forwarded. 
(2) 
On August 15, 2023, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, by 
certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why the Court should not 
dismiss the appeal for the appellant’s failure to diligently prosecute the appeal by 
either paying the Supreme Court filing fee or filing a motion to proceed in forma 
 
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pauperis.  The notice to show cause directed the appellant to respond within ten days 
and advised that if the appellant did not respond, dismissal of the appeal would be 
deemed to be unopposed.  On September 5, 2023, postal records indicated that the 
notice to show cause had arrived at the local post office on August 17, 2023, and 
was being held for pick up, but the appellant had not retrieved it.  The Chief Deputy 
Clerk resent the notice to show cause by first-class mail.  The postal service returned 
the reissued notice to show cause, indicating that delivery had been attempted and 
the item could not be forwarded. 
(3) 
The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause 
within the required ten-day period, dismissal of this action is deemed to be 
unopposed. 
(4) 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 
3(b) and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       Chief Justice