Title: Sampson v. Landon

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RICHARD A. SAMPSON,1 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
SHARON T. LANDON, 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 581, 2018 
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§  Court Below: Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  File No. CN17-01672 
§  Petition No. 17-08691 
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Submitted: April 2, 2019 
Decided: 
April 12, 2019 
 
 
ORDER 
 
It appears to the Court that, on February 14, 2019, the Senior Court Clerk 
issued a notice to the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed because of his failure to diligently prosecute the appeal by not paying the 
Family Court transcript costs.  The notice to show cause was later reissued after the 
initial mailing was returned as undeliverable.  The Court then received the certified 
mail receipt indicating that the reissued notice to show cause was delivered to the 
appellant on March 23, 2019.  The appellant failed to respond to the notice to show 
                                                 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
 
2 
cause within the required ten-day period; therefore, dismissal of this action is 
deemed to be unopposed. 
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. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice