Tagert v. Peterson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
CEDRIC TAGERT,1 §
§ No. 113, 2018
Respondent Below, §
Appellant, § Court Below—Family Court
§ of the State of Delaware in and for
v. § New Castle County
§
BEVERLY PETERSON, § File No. CN15-06241
§ Petition Nos. 17-37092 &
Petitioner Below, § 17-37259
Appellee. §
Submitted: July 2, 2018
Decided: July 17, 2018
ORDER
Having considered the notice to show cause, the Court concludes that:
(1) On March 6, 2018, the appellant, Cedric Tagert, filed a notice of appeal
from a Family Court order affirming a Commissioner’s order granting the appellee’s
petition for a protection from abuse order and denying the appellant’s cross-petition
for a protection from abuse order. The Senior Court Clerk issued, by certified mail
to the address Tagert provided, a notice directing Tagert to show cause why the
appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to pay the Family Court filing fee. The
notice to show cause was re-sent by first class mail on June 21, 2018.
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The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the appellants under Supreme Court Rule 7(d).
(2) On June 29, 2018, the certified notice to show cause was returned to the
Court in an envelope marked “Return to Sender, Unclaimed, Unable to Forward.”
Tagert has failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day
period. Under these circumstances, dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be
unopposed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court
Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr.
Chief Justice
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