Title: Matter of Meredith
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 148, 2013
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 15, 2013

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF MELVIN 
MEREDITH FOR A WRIT OF 
HABEAS CORPUS 
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§  No. 148, 2013 
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Submitted:  April 10, 2013 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:  April 15, 2013 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 15th day of April 2013, the Court has received Melvin Meredith’s 
petition for a writ of habeas corpus.  This Court has no original jurisdiction 
to issue a writ of habeas corpus.1 Accordingly, the petition must be 
dismissed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
habeas corpus is hereby DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice 
                                                 
1 In re Cantrell, 678 A.2d 525, 526 (Del. 1996).