Title: Jones v. Rockford Center, et al.

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MATTHEW JONES, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
ROCKFORD CENTER, et al., 
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 437, 2017 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. N17C-08-233 
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Submitted: March 9, 2018 
  Decided: March 15, 2018 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 15th day of March 2018, it appears that the Court issued a notice to the 
appellant to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to 
pay the Superior Court record preparation fee.  The appellant responded, indicating 
that this Court granted his motion to proceed in forma pauperis, which should excuse 
his responsibility for payment of the Superior Court’s fee.  On February 22, 2018, 
the Clerk wrote to the appellant and explained that the Court’s order only waived the 
Supreme Court’s filing fee but did not waive the Superior Court’s record preparation 
fee.  The appellant was given an extended deadline until March 9 to pay the Superior 
Court’s fee and was informed that failure to pay the fee would result in dismissal of 
his appeal without further notice.  The appellant failed to pay by the deadline.  
Accordingly, dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed. 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice