Title: Matter of Webb
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 475, 2005
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 27, 2005

It appears that Webb’s Kent County Superior Court habeas corpus petition
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concerned two New Castle County Superior Court criminal cases and raised issues that this
Court recently addressed when deciding Webb’s appeal from the denial of postconviction
relief.  See Webb v. State, 2005 WL 3200440 (Del. Supr.) (reversing and remanding for
further proceedings). 
See Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, §§ 6906-6907 (1999 & Supp. 2004) (governing award
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and service of writ of habeas corpus).
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
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PETITION OF WILLIAM
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No. 475, 2005
JOSEPH WEBB FOR A WRIT
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OF MANDAMUS.
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Super. Ct., C.A. No. 05M-09-103
Submitted:  October 24, 2005
Decided:  December 27, 2005
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.
O R D E R
This 27  day of December 2005, upon consideration of the petition for
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a writ of mandamus filed by William Joseph Webb and the answer and motion
to dismiss filed by the State of Delaware, it appears to the Court that;
(1)
Webb’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeks an order of this
Court compelling the Superior Court in Kent County to act on his petition for
a writ of habeas corpus.   Webb also contends that he is entitled to payment of
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a $1,000 penalty for the Superior Court’s failure to act on his habeas corpus
petition within three days.  
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See In re Bordley, 545 A.2d 619, 620 (Del. 1988) (providing that the Court will
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issue a writ of mandamus only when the petitioner can show “a clear right to the
performance of a duty by a trial court, that no other adequate remedy is available, and that
the trial court has failed or refused to perform its duty”).  
Webb v. Carroll, Del. Super., C.A. No. 05M-09-103, Cooch, J. (Oct. 3, 2005).
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See Docket at No. 8, Webb v. Carroll, Del. Supr., No. 543, 2005 (establishing brief
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schedule).
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(2)
Webb has not demonstrated that he is entitled to mandamus relief.3
In an order dated September 30, 2005 and docketed on October 3, 2005, the
Superior Court denied Webb’s habeas corpus petition.   Webb has filed an
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appeal from that decision.5
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Webb’s petition for a writ
of mandamus is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Myron T. Steele
Chief Justice