Matter of Dunbar ( 2014 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MAT'I``ER OF THE
PETITION OF MICHAEL R.
DUNBAR FOR A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
No. 426, 2014
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Submitted: August 27, 2014
Decided: September 5, 2014
Before HOLLAND, RI])GELY, and VALIHURA, Justices.
0 R D E R
This 5th day of September 2014, it appears to the Court that:
(1) On Au'gust 8, 2014, the petitioner, Michael R. Dunbar, filed a petition
for a writ of habeas corpus. On that same date, the Senior Court Clerk issued a
notice directing Dunbar to show cause why his petition should not be dismissed for
this Court’s lack of original jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus. Dunbar
filed a motion for appointment of counsel on August 13, 2014,
(2) In his response to the notice to show cause, Dunbar does not address
this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus. This Court has no
original jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus.‘ Dunbar’s petition for a writ
of habeas corpus must, therefore, be dismissed.
(3) Dismissal of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus renders Dunbar’s
motion for appointment of counsel moot.
l In re Cantrell, 678 A.2d 525, 526 (Del. 1996).
NOW, TI-IEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that that the petition for a writ of
habeas corpus is DISMISSED and the motion for appointment of cotmsel is
DISMISSED as moot.
BY 'I``HE COURT:
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