Title: Gardley v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 354, 2011
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: November 3, 2011

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
ASHLEY GARDLEY, 
 
 
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No. 354, 2011 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below—Superior Court  
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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for Kent County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Cr. ID No. 1009014530 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: October 31, 2011 
Decided: 
November 3, 2011 
O R D E R 
This 3rd day of November 2011, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On July 18, 2011, the appellant, Ashley Gardley, filed this 
appeal from her Superior Court conviction of violation of probation and 
sentencing on June 17, 2011.  When Gardley did not file the opening brief 
by the September 12, 2011 deadline, the Clerk issued a certified notice on 
September 29, 2011, directing that Gardley show cause why the appeal 
should not be dismissed for her failure to file the opening brief.1  The notice 
to show cause was mailed again to Gardley by first class mail on October 19, 
2011. 
(2) 
On October 31, 2011, the certified notice to show cause was 
returned from the post office with the envelope marked “unclaimed.”  Also, 
                                            
1 See Del. Supr. Ct. R. 29(b) (governing involuntary dismissal upon notice of the Court). 
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Gardley has not responded to the notice to show cause that was sent to her 
by first class mail, and she has not filed the opening brief.  Under these 
circumstances, the dismissal of Gardley’s appeal is deemed to be 
unopposed.2 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b) and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger  
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                            
2 See Del. Supr. Ct. R. 3(b)(2)(b) (providing that a party is deemed to have consented to 
the termination of the case when the party fails to respond to the Court’s notice to show 
cause why the appeal should not be dismissed).