Title: Matter of Epperson
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 549, 2003
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: February 25, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE  
 
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PETITION OF KEVIN S. 
 
§   No. 549, 2003 
EPPERSON FOR A WRIT OF  
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MANDAMUS 
 
 
 
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Submitted: December 9, 2003 
  Decided: February 9, 2004 
Amended:    February 25, 2004 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This ninth day of February 2003, upon consideration of Kevin 
Epperson’s petition for a writ of mandamus and the State’s response thereto, it 
appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
Epperson has filed a petition requesting this Court to issue an 
extraordinary writ of mandamus directed to the Superior Court Prothonotary.   
Epperson asserts that the Prothonotary has not properly docketed a motion that 
he has filed in that court.  In a previous petition in which Epperson made 
similar allegations, this Court dismissed Epperson’s petition for a writ, in part, 
because Epperson did not properly file his motion for sentence correction in the 
Superior Court but instead improperly had filed his motion in this Court.*  
Although this Court dismissed Epperson’s petition for an extraordinary writ, 
the Clerk of the Court forwarded Epperson’s motion for sentence correction to 
 
 
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the Superior Court judge for action.  Epperson filed his present writ claiming 
that the Superior Court Prothonotary still has not docketed his motion properly. 
(2) 
A review of the Superior Court docket in Epperson’s case reflects 
that the documents forwarded by the Clerk of this Court were docketed by the 
Superior Court Prothonotary on November 12, 2003.  Moreover, the Superior 
Court docket reflects that the judge denied Epperson’s motion for correction of 
sentence on January 22, 2004.  Accordingly, we find that Epperson’s petition 
for a writ of mandamus is moot. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Epperson’s petition for the 
issuance of an extraordinary writ of mandamus is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
Justice 
                                                                                                                                                                             
* In re Epperson, Del. Supr., No. 453, 2003, Holland J. (Nov. 4, 2003).