Title: Smith v. Delaware State Police, et al.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 601, 2012
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 14, 2012

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GORDON SMITH,  
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DELAWARE STATE POLICE et 
al.,  
 
           Defendants Below- 
Appellees. 
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§  No. 601, 2012 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  C.A. No. K12C-01-016 
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                                         Submitted: December 14, 2012 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: December 14, 2012 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 14th day of December 2012, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The plaintiff-appellant, Gordon Smith (the “appellant”), has 
petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an 
appeal from the interlocutory order of the Superior Court dated October 12, 
2012, which granted, in part, the motion to dismiss of the defendants-
appellees, the Delaware State Police, et al.   
 
(2) 
The appellant filed his application for certification to take an 
interlocutory appeal in the Superior Court on October 22, 2012.  On 
 
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December 14, 2012, the Superior Court denied the certification application 
on the ground that the requirements of Rule 42 had not been met. 
 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court.  In the exercise of its discretion, the Court has 
concluded that the appellant’s application for interlocutory review fails to 
meet the requirements of Rule 42 and, therefore, must be refused. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the interlocutory appeal 
is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice