Opinion
No. 349 2014.
2014-06-27
James Arthur BIGGINS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware Plaintiff Below, Appellee.
Decided: Aug. 18, 2014.
Court Below—Superior Court of the State of Delaware, in and for Sussex County, Cr. ID. No. 9609015504.
This 18th day of August 2014, having carefully considered the parties' submissions, it appears to the Court that:
(1) On July 11, 2011, this Court entered an order prohibiting the appellant from “filing any further papers in this Court challenging his convictions in Cr. ID No. 9609015504 without prior approval of a Justice of this Court.”
(2) On May 30, 2014, the appellant filed in the Superior Court a Motion for Transcripts, Affidavit in Support of Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a Motion for a New Trial. The Superior Court denied the appellant's motions on June 12, 2014, citing his “abuse of the processes of the Court” and based on the fact that there were no grounds set forth in the May 30th motions that could not have been raised during one of his previous nine petitions for post-conviction relief.
(3) On June 27, 2014 the appellant filed a notice of appeal of the Superior Court's denial of his motions. This Court, on July 9, 2014, sent the appellant a Notice to Show Cause as to why his appeal should not be dismissed.
(4) This Court, having reviewed the appellant's response to its July 9, 2014 Notice to Show Cause, concludes that the response constitutes a non-responsive answer. Thus, the appellant's filing is in violation of this Court's July 11, 2011 order prohibiting the appellant from filing any further papers with this Court without the permission of a Justice of this Court.
(5) For the same reason, namely, the appellant's violation of this Court's July 11, 2011 order, the appellant's motion styled as a writ of certiorari is also dismissed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal of the Superior Court's June 12, 2014 Order is