Legal Opinion
In Matter of Petition of Pethel
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 7, 2009No. 397, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF JAMES PETHEL FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS
No. 397, 2009
Supreme Court of Delaware
Submitted: July 27, 2009
Decided: August 7, 2009
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices
ORDER
MYRON T. STEELE, Chief Justice
This 7th day of August 2009, it appears to the Court that:(1) The petitioner, James Pethel, an inmate at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, seeks to invoke this Court's original jurisdiction to issue an extraordinary writ of mandamus[1] to compel the Superior Court to grant his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and release him from custody.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re Bordley's Petition for Writ of MandamusSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- In Re BrookinsSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999