Title: Smith v. Henderson

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LEROY L. SMITH,  
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DAVID HENDERSON, WLLIAM 
PFEIFER, JAMES F. JUSTICE, 
JOYCE M. BEMBRY, and LEE 
ANN BULLOCK, 
 
Respondents Below, 
Appellees. 
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§  No. 356, 2021 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court of 
§  the State of Delaware  
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§  C.A. No. N19M-05-118 
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Submitted: February 4, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
February 15, 2022  
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
On November 8, 2021, the appellant, Leroy Smith, filed this appeal from a 
Superior Court order, dated and docketed on October 5, 2021, dismissing his petition 
for a writ of mandamus.  A timely appeal was due on or before November 4, 2021.1  
On November 9, 2021, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice directing Smith to 
show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely filed.  On 
November 22, 2021 and December 21, 2021, the Court granted Smith’s requests for 
additional time to respond to the notice to show cause.  On December 21, 2021, the 
 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 6(a)(i). 
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Court also advised Smith that no further extensions would be granted and that his 
appeal would be dismissed if he did not respond to the notice to show cause by 
February 3, 2022.  Smith filed a motion for appointment of counsel on January 12, 
2022, but has not responded to the notice to show cause.  Dismissal of this appeal is 
therefore deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED.  The motion for 
appointment of counsel is denied as MOOT.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           Justice