Title: Bartley v. Covert, et al.

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
ALFRED T. BARTLEY,
Plaintiff Below-
Appellant,
v.
RICHARD COVERT, et al.,
Defendants Below-
Appellees.
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§  No. 544, 2001
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§  Court Below—Superior Court
§  of the State of Delaware,
§  in and for New Castle County
§  C.A. No. 01C-07-033
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Submitted: February 8, 2002
  Decided:
March 22, 2002
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and STEELE, Justices.
O R D E R
This 22nd day of March 2002, upon consideration of the parties’ briefs
and the record below, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The plaintiff-appellant, Alfred Bartley, filed this appeal from a
Superior Court order, which dismissed his complaint for medical
malpractice because Bartley failed to pay the required filing fee.  The
Superior Court previously had denied Bartley’s motion to waive the filing
fee and proceed in forma pauperis.  Bartley claims on appeal that the
Superior Court abused its discretion by refusing to waive the filing fee and
for dismissing his complaint.
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(2)
Having carefully considered the parties= respective briefs, we
find it manifest that the judgment of the Superior Court should be affirmed
on the basis and for the reasons set forth in the Superior Court=s well-
reasoned letter order dated August 20, 2001.  The Superior Court did not
abuse its discretion in determining that Bartley had failed to establish that he
was without resources to pay the filing fee.*
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the
Superior Court is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ E. Norman Veasey
Justice
                                                
* See DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 10, § 8802 (1999).