Title: Fatir v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
AMIR FATIR, 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 246, 2020 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. K20M-01-015  
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Submitted: November 24, 2020 
Decided: 
January 5, 2021 
 
Before VAUGHN, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion 
to affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below should be 
affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s order dated April 30, 2020, dismissing 
the appellant’s petition for a writ of prohibition and the Superior Court’s order dated 
July 22, 2020, denying the appellant’s motion for reconsideration.  “The purpose of 
a writ of prohibition is to prevent a lower tribunal from exceeding its jurisdiction.”1  
It is an extraordinary remedy “issued by a superior to an inferior tribunal to prevent 
it from exercising jurisdiction over matters not legally within its cognizance, or to 
 
1 Workers Comp. Fund v. Indus. Accident Bd., 2007 WL 2323494 (Del. May 1, 2007). 
 
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prevent it from exceeding its jurisdiction in matters over which it admittedly has 
cognizance.”2  The petition, even read in the light most favorable to the appellant 
and considering the additional documents that the petitioner submitted in support of 
his motion for reconsideration, does not state facts that support an inference that the 
Board of Pardons is illegally exercising jurisdiction over the petitioner. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.   
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
2 Id. (internal quotation omitted).