Title: Saunders v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROBERT SAUNDERS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 47, 2022 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. I.D. No. 89008879DI (N) 
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O R D E R 
 
This 7th day of March 2022, it appears to the Court that on February 11, 2022, 
the appellant, Robert Saunders, filed a notice of appeal stating his intent to appeal 
from a Superior Court order dated December 17, 2021.  On February 14, 2022, the 
Senior Court Clerk issued a notice directing Saunders to show cause why this appeal 
should not be dismissed because the Superior Court docket does not reflect an order 
dated December 17, 2021; the Superior Court docket does not reflect any other final 
order from which Saunders could file a timely appeal; and Saunders failed to pay the 
required filing fee or submit a completed motion to proceed in forma pauperis with 
a sworn affidavit containing the certifications under10 Del. C. § 8803(e), as required 
by this Court’s order dated October 27, 2014 in Appeal No. 133, 2014.1  On February 
 
1 See Saunders v. State, 2014 WL 5460433 (Del. Oct. 27, 2014) (“We do not intend to continue to 
invest scarce judicial resources in addressing repetitive and frivolous claims.  In the future, if 
 
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22, 2022, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to 
show cause had been delivered on February 16, 2022.  A timely response to the 
notice to show cause was due on or before February 28, 2022.  The appellant having 
failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day period, 
dismissal of this action is deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice  
 
 
Saunders files a notice of appeal or a petition for an extraordinary writ concerning his 1976 
convictions, the Clerk is directed to refuse the filing unless it is accompanied by the required filing 
fee or a completed motion to proceed in forma pauperis with a sworn affidavit containing the 
certifications under 10 Del. C. § 8803(e), and that motion is first granted by the Court.”).