Title: Proctor v. Ranger Insurance, Co. Inc. et. al.

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RONALD E.  PROCTOR,
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No.  422, 2001
Plaintiff Below,
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Appellant,
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Court BelowBSuperior Court
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of the State of Delaware,
v.
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in and for Sussex County
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in C.A. No.  00C-09-023.
RANGER INSURANCE, CO., 
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INC., A.S.A.P. BAIL BONDS,
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INC., ANTHONY V.  CARVO,
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DAVID ALLEN THORLEY,
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PATRICK MERRITT, BRYAN J.
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CARLOUGH, ENRICO G.  
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LEPORE and PAMELA G.  
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FORKER,
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Defendants Below,
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Appellees.
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Submitted: September 13, 2001 
Decided:
September 20, 2001
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER and STEELE, Justices.
O R D E R
This 20th day of September 2001, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The appellant, Ronald E.  Proctor, Jr., is the plaintiff in a
personal injury action in the Superior Court.  Proctor has petitioned this
Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an interlocutory appeal
from a Superior Court bench ruling entered on August 1, 2001, that required
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Proctor to file an amended complaint within 20 days.1  The Superior Court
also directed Proctor to refile other handwritten filings that the Court found
difficult to read.  By order dated August 31, 2001, the Superior Court denied
Proctor=s application to certify the interlocutory appeal.    
(2)
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound
discretion of this Court and are accepted only in exceptional circumstances.2
 In the exercise of its discretion, the Court has concluded that the application
for interlocutory review does not meet the requirements of Supreme Court
Rule 42 and should be refused.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Myron T. Steele_____________________
Justice
                                                 
1It appears from the Superior Court record that Proctor filed the amended
complaint on August 21, 2001.
2Supr.  Ct.  R.  42(b).