Title: Drummond v. O'Garro
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 89, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: October 9, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SANDY C. DRUMMOND, 
 
Appellant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
CANDICE J. O’GARRO, 
 
Appellee Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 89, 2018 
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§  Court Below:  Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. K17A-07-001 
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Submitted: August 10, 2018 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 9, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
Upon consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, it 
appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, Sandy Drummond, filed this appeal from the 
Superior Court’s order dated February 16, 2018, dismissing his appeal from a 
Court of Common Pleas’ post-trial judgment in favor of the appellee, Candice 
O’Garro.  We find no merit to Drummond’s appeal.  Accordingly, we affirm 
the Superior Court’s judgment. 
(2) 
The record reflects that O’Garro filed her complaint in the Court 
of Common Pleas, alleging claims for conversion of personal property and 
debt.  After trial, the Court of Common Pleas issued an opinion on June 22, 
 
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2017, finding in O’Garro’s favor and entering judgment against Drummond 
for $32,751.65 in damages plus post-judgment interest and costs.  Drummond 
appealed that judgment to the Superior Court on July 5, 2017. 
(3) 
After briefing on appeal was completed, the Superior Court 
wrote to Drummond on September 29, 2017 and informed him that it could 
not consider the merits of his claims on appeal because Drummond had failed 
to order preparation of the trial transcript.  The Superior Court ordered 
Drummond to make arrangements for preparation of the transcript and, upon 
receipt of the transcript, the court would allow the parties to file supplemental 
briefing if they wished.  On November 16, 2017, the Superior Court wrote to 
Drummond again and informed him that the transcript must be filed by 
December 8, 2017 or else he risked dismissal of his appeal. 
(4) 
On December 7, 2017, Drummond requested and received an 
extension of time to file the transcript until January 8, 2018.  On January 9, 
2018, O’Garro filed a motion to dismiss the appeal under Superior Court Civil 
Rule 72 for Drummond’s failure to comply with the Court’s order to provide 
the transcript.  Drummond failed to file a response to the motion to dismiss.  
On January 23, 2018, the Superior Court dismissed his appeal with prejudice.  
This appeal followed. 
 
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(5) 
Drummond’s sole argument on appeal is that he was not 
informed at the beginning stages of his appeal to the Superior Court that he 
would need to provide the trial transcript; therefore, his case should not have 
been dismissed.  We find no merit to this claim.  Drummond filed his notice 
of appeal in the Superior Court in July 2017.  The Superior Court informed 
Drummond in September 2017 that it was his responsibility to provide the 
trial transcript.  The Superior Court gave Drummond more than three months 
to make arrangements for the transcript preparation.  Drummond failed to do 
so.  Moreover, he failed to file a response to O’Garro’s motion to dismiss.  
Under the circumstances, we find no error in the Superior Court’s dismissal 
of Drummond’s appeal with prejudice.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice