Title: Matter of Perez
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 632, 2002
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 11, 2002

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF RICHARD PEREZ 
FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS 
§ 
§  No. 632, 2002 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: December 2, 2002 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: December 12, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 12th day of December 2002, upon consideration of the petition for a 
writ of mandamus filed by Richard Perez and the answer and motion to dismiss 
filed by the State of Delaware, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
Perez has applied to this Court for a writ of mandamus directed to 
correctional officials compelling them to recalculate his sentence.  The State has 
filed a motion to dismiss Perez’s petition.  We conclude that the petition manifestly 
fails on its face to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court and must be 
dismissed.  
(2) 
This Court’s original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus is 
limited to instances when the respondent is a court or a judge thereof.1  We do not 
have original jurisdiction to issue a writ to the Department of Corrections.  
Accordingly, Perez’s petition must be dismissed on this ground. 
                                                 
1 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(6); In re Hitchens, 600 A.2d 37, 38 (Del. 1991). 
 
2
(3) 
Furthermore, this Court has previously rejected the underlying 
substantive issue that Perez raises in his petition.2  That ruling is the law of the case 
and cannot be relitigated through the writ process.3   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to dismiss is 
GRANTED.  The petition for a writ of mandamus is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_/s/ Myron T. Steele_________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
2 Perez v. State, 2002 WL 549401 (Del. Supr.) 
3 Evans v. State, Del. Supr., No. 588, 2001, Berger, J. (Feb. 19, 2002).