Title: Franklin v. Rice

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ANTHONY FRANKLIN,1  
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DIANA RICE, 
 
Respondent, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 46, 2022 
§   
§  Court Below—Family Court  
§  of the State of Delaware  
§   
§  File No. CN14-05945 
§  Petition Nos. 21-17189, 21-17235, 
§  and 21-17455 
§   
§ 
Submitted:  April 27, 2022 
 
 
 
 
    Decided:   
   May 16, 2022 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
It appears to the Court that, on March 25, 2022, the Court denied the 
appellant’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis without prejudice and directed him 
to refile the motion to proceed in forma pauperis with the requested information or 
to pay the filing fee by April 8, 2022.  After the appellant failed to refile the motion 
to proceed in forma pauperis or to pay the filing fee, the Senior Court Clerk issued 
a notice, by certified mail on April 14, 2022, directing the appellant to show cause 
why his appeal should not be dismissed.  Postal records show delivery of the notice 
on April 16, 2022.  A timely response to the notice to show cause was due by April 
26, 2022.  To date, the appellant has not refiled the motion to proceed in forma 
 
1 The Court assigns pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
2 
 
pauperis, paid the Supreme Court filing fee, or responded to the notice to show 
cause.  Dismissal of this action 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.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Chief Justice