Title: Matter of Proctor

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE  
 
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PETITION OF RONALD E. 
 
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No. 539, 2002 
PROCTOR, JR., FOR A WRIT OF 
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PROHIBITION. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: October 2, 2002 
Decided: 
October 16, 2002 
 
Before WALSH, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 16th day of October 2002, upon consideration of the petition for 
a writ of prohibition filed by Ronald E. Proctor, Jr., and the answer and 
motion to dismiss filed by the Attorney General on behalf of the real parties 
in interest, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
Proctor requests that this Court issue a writ of prohibition to 
two Justice of the Peace Courts.  Proctor’s petition suffers from a fatal 
procedural defect and must be dismissed. 
(2) 
A petition requesting that this Court issue a writ of prohibition 
to a Justice of the Peace Court must “have been first presented to and denied 
by the Superior Court.”1    Proctor does not demonstrate, and it does not 
                                          
 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 43(b)(vi). 
otherwise appear from the Superior Court civil docket, that he presented his 
petition to the Superior Court in the first instance.2 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Attorney General’s 
motion to dismiss is GRANTED.  The petition for a writ of prohibition is 
DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                          
 
2 When a writ is sought under Rule 43(b)(vi), following a denial by the Superior Court, a 
copy of the opinion, if any, shall be served and filed with the complaint.  Supr. Ct. R. 
43(b)(vi).