Jones v. Rockford Center ( 2018 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
MATTHEW JONES, §
§ No. 437, 2017
Plaintiff Below- §
Appellant, §
§
v. § Court Below—Superior Court
§ of the State of Delaware
ROCKFORD CENTER, et al., §
§ C.A. No. N17C-08-233
Petitioner Below- §
Appellee. §
Submitted: March 9, 2018
Decided: March 15, 2018
ORDER
This 15th day of March 2018, it appears that the Court issued a notice to the
appellant to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to
pay the Superior Court record preparation fee. The appellant responded, indicating
that this Court granted his motion to proceed in forma pauperis, which should excuse
his responsibility for payment of the Superior Court’s fee. On February 22, 2018,
the Clerk wrote to the appellant and explained that the Court’s order only waived the
Supreme Court’s filing fee but did not waive the Superior Court’s record preparation
fee. The appellant was given an extended deadline until March 9 to pay the Superior
Court’s fee and was informed that failure to pay the fee would result in dismissal of
his appeal without further notice. The appellant failed to pay by the deadline.
Accordingly, dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court
Rules 3(b) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Karen L. Valihura
Justice
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