Title: Sommers v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 392, 2019
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: November 7, 2019

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PAUL SOMMERS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§   
§    No. 392, 2019 
§ 
§    Court Below: Superior Court 
§    of the State of Delaware 
§   
§    Cr. ID Nos. K1608024463 
§                        K1608024390 
§ 
§ 
 
Submitted:  November 4, 2019 
Decided:  November 7, 2019 
 
O R D E R 
 
On September 12, 2019, the Senior Clerk sent a letter to the appellant directing 
him to pay the filing fee or file a motion and affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis 
by September 27, 2019, or a notice to show cause why the appeal should not be 
dismissed would issue.  On October 1, 2019, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, 
sent by certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should 
not be dismissed for the appellant’s failure to pay the Supreme Court filing fee or 
file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.  That notice to show cause eventually 
was returned as undeliverable.  On October 18, 2019, the Chief Deputy Clerk resent 
the notice to show cause, by certified mail, to a different address.  On October 24, 
2019, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show 
cause had been delivered on October 22, 2019.  The appellant did not respond to the 
 
2 
notice to show cause within the required ten-day period; therefore, dismissal of this 
action is deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
BY THE COURT: 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice