Title: Starkey v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DONYEL L. STARKEY, 
 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 23, 2022 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1812013470 (N) 
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Submitted: June 10, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
June 27, 2022 
 
ORDER 
 
It appears to the Court that, on April 18, 2022, the Senior Court Clerk sent a 
notice of brief delinquency to the appellant, Donyel L. Starkey, because he had not 
filed an opening brief by the April 12, 2022 deadline set by the Court.  On April 29, 
2022, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, by certified mail, directing Starkey to 
show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to file an opening 
brief.  The Department of Correction returned the notice because Starkey had been 
released and provided a new mailing address for him.  On May 13, 2022, the Senior 
Court Clerk re-sent the notice to show cause to the new address, but the notice was 
returned on June 10, 2022 with notations indicating that it could not be delivered or 
forwarded.  To date, Starkey has not filed an opening brief, responded to the notice 
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to show cause, or provided an updated address to the Court.   Dismissal of this action 
is therefore deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
Justice