Title: Ford v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 561, 2003
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 5, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
WILLIAM W. FORD, JR.,                       
           
Defendant Below- 
Appellant,   
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE,  
     
 
 
     
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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   No. 561, 2003 
 
   Court Below---Superior Court 
   of the State of Delaware, 
   in and for New Castle County  
   C.A. No. 03M-10-127 
                      
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 5th day of April 2004, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On February 6, 2004, the Clerk issued a notice to show cause why this 
appeal should not be dismissed, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(b), for the 
appellant’s failure to diligently prosecute the appeal by not filing his opening brief 
and appendix.  The notice to show cause stated that, unless the appellant responded 
within 10 days of receipt, dismissal of the appeal would be deemed to be 
unopposed.1   
 
(2) 
The notice to show cause was sent to the appellant at the Sussex 
Correctional Institution and was returned by the post office on February 13, 2004, 
marked “attempted, not known.”  On the same date, the Clerk re-mailed the notice 
to show cause to the appellant’s new address at Homestead Road in Wilmington, 
                                                 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 3(b) and 29(b). 
 
 
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Delaware via certified mail.  The Clerk received the certified mail receipt on 
February 27, 2004, reflecting that the appellant received the notice to show cause 
at that address on February 26, 2004.   
 
(3) 
The appellant has failed to respond to the notice to show cause within 
the required 10-day period.  Therefore, dismissal of this action is deemed to be 
unopposed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court Rules 
3(b) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
                                                                             Justice