Title: Proctor v. Taylor

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RONALD PROCTOR,
Appellant Below-
Appellant,
v.
STANLEY TAYLOR, et al.,
Appellees Below-
Appellees.
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§  No. 96, 2002
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§
§  Court Below—Superior Court
§  of the State of Delaware,
§  in and for Sussex County
§  C.A. No. 02A-01-001
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Submitted: May 16, 2002
  Decided:
May 23, 2002
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices.
O R D E R
This 23rd day of May 2002, upon consideration of the appellant's
opening brief and the motion to affirm filed by the State of Delaware, as the
real party in interest, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The appellant, Ronald Proctor, filed this appeal from the
Superior Court’s order dated February 1, 2002.  The Superior Court’s order
denied Proctor in forma pauperis status in the proceedings below because
Proctor had failed to file a sworn affidavit, pursuant to 10 Del. C. § 8802(b),
and because his appeal to the Superior Court was legally frivolous.1  The
State has filed a motion to affirm on the ground that it is manifest on the face
-2-
of Proctor’s opening brief that the appeal is without merit.  We agree and
affirm.
(2)
The record reflects that Proctor is incarcerated in the Delaware
prison system.  He filed a notice of appeal with the Superior Court seeking
to appeal a decision of a prison disciplinary board.  The Superior Court
dismissed Proctor’s appeal on the ground that the Superior Court lacked
constitutional or statutory jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a decision of a
prison disciplinary board.2  That decision is manifestly correct.
Accordingly, we conclude that this matter should be affirmed on the basis
of, and for the reasons set forth in, the Superior Court’s well-reasoned
decision dated February 1, 2002.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State's motion to
affirm is GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Carolyn Berger
Justice
                                                                                                                                                
1 DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 10, § 8803.
2 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 7; DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 10, § 541.  See also State v.
Worsham, 638 A.2d 1104, 1108 (Del. 1994) (citing Sinha v. Board of Tr. of Del. Tech.
&Cmty. Coll., 585 A.2d 1310, 1313 (Del. Super. Ct. 1990)).