IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
DANTE DILLARD, §
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Defendant Below, § No. 92, 2022
Appellant, §
§ Court Below: Superior Court
v. § of the State of Delaware
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STATE OF DELAWARE, § Cr. ID No. 1105015873
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Appellee. §
Submitted: June 7, 2022
Decided: June 27, 2022
ORDER
(1) The appellant filed a notice of appeal from a Superior Court order
denying his motion for postconviction relief. The Court issued a briefing schedule
on March 17, 2022; the appellant’s opening brief was due May 3, 2022. The
appellant did not file an opening brief by the deadline, and on May 4, 2022, Court
staff sent a brief delinquency letter to the appellant.
(2) On May 24, 2022, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by
certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be
dismissed for his failure to file an opening brief. On May 31, 2022, the Court
received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been
delivered; postal records confirm that the notice to show cause was delivered on May
27, 2022.
(3) The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause or to
file the opening brief, dismissal of this action is deemed unopposed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2)
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ James T. Vaughn, Jr.
Justice
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