Drayer v. State

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE JOHN A. DRAYER Petitioner, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Respondent. § § No. 43, 2008 § § § § § § § Submitted: March 12, 2008 Decided: March 18, 2008 Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. ORDER This 18th day of March 2008, it appears to the Court that: (1) On January 24, 2008, the Court received the petitioner s Notice & Appeal from a letter of the Superior Court dated December 21, 2007. The letter informs the petitioner that he has no open cases in the Superior Court and that he must contact the Department of Motor Vehicles for information regarding revocation of his driver s license. (2) On January 24, 2008, the Clerk issued a notice to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(b) for this Court s lack of jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from an informational letter from a Superior Court judge.1 (3) The petitioner failed to respond to the notice within the required ten-day period. Moreover, while the petitioner filed a paper entitled New Text Document apparently in response to the notice to show cause on March 4, 2008, it does not explain why this appeal should not be dismissed on jurisdictional grounds. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Henry duPont Ridgely Justice 1 Del. Const. art. IV, §11. 2

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