Title: In the Matter of the Petition of Leonard M. Taylor for a Writ of Mandamus
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 336, 2022
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 1, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF LEONARD M. 
TAYLOR FOR A WRIT OF 
MANDAMUS 
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§  No. 336, 2022 
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Submitted: November 15, 2022 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: December 1, 2022 
 
ORDER 
 
It appears to the Court that, on September 15, 2022 and October 7, 2022, the 
Senior Court Clerk and the Chief Deputy Clerk advised the petitioner to pay the 
Supreme Court filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.   After the 
petitioner failed to pay the filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, 
the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, by certified mail on October 31, 2022, 
directing the appellant to show cause why his petition should not be dismissed for 
his failure to pay the filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.  Postal 
records show that the notice to show cause was delivered on November 2, 2022.  A 
timely response to the notice to show cause was due by November 14, 2022.1  To 
date, the petitioner has not paid the Supreme Court filing fee, filed a motion to 
 
1 Del. Supr. Ct. R. 11(a) (providing that if the last day of the time period prescribed by the Rules 
falls on the weekend or a holiday then the time period runs until the end of the next day the Clerk’s 
office is open). 
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proceed in forma pauperis, or responded to the notice to show cause.  Dismissal of 
this petition is therefore deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
Justice