Title: Matter of Epperson
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 226, 2004
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 28, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE  
 
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PETITION OF KEVIN S. 
 
§   No. 226, 2004 
EPPERSON FOR A WRIT OF  
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MANDAMUS 
 
 
 
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Submitted: June 14, 2004 
  Decided: June 28, 2004 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 28th day of June 2004, 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 for 
correction of sentence that Epperson’s friend filed in person on his behalf in that 
court.  
(2) 
On June 14, 2004, the Court received a copy of a letter from the Superior 
Court Prothonotary to Epperson.  In the letter, the Prothonotary explains that she 
conducted an investigation into Epperson’s complaints.  She discovered that the 
document filed by Epperson’s friend consisted of a three-page cover letter with 
several exhibits, which included a photocopy of Epperson’s motion. The Prothonotary 
explained that, because the motion was attached to the back of other documents and 
 
 
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because it did not contain Epperson’s original signature, the court clerk who docketed 
the letter did not realize that the photocopied motion attached to it was intended to be 
a new filing that required action by a Superior Court judge.  The Prothonotary 
represented that the docket had been corrected to reflect the filing of Epperson’s 
motion and that the motion had been forwarded to a judge for decision.  The letter 
instructed Epperson to conform future filings to the requirements of the Superior 
Court rules in order to avoid any more problems. 
(3) 
The State has filed a motion to dismiss Epperson’s writ of mandamus as 
moot.  After review of the Superior Court’s updated docket, it is apparent that 
Epperson’s motion for correction of sentence has been docketed and is currently 
pending before the Superior Court for decision.  Accordingly, the relief sought in 
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/ Myron T. Steele 
Chief Justice