Lengle v. Lee

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: June 20, 2025
• Docket: 176, 2025
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

CHARLES LENGLE,1 § § No. 176, 2025 Petitioner Below, § Appellant, § Court Below–Family Court § of the State of Delaware v. § § File No. CK17-03597 KENDALL LEE, § Petition Nos. 24-26384 § 24-22311 Respondent Below, § Appellee. §

Submitted: June 13, 2025 Decided: June 20, 2025

ORDER

On April 23, 2025, Charles Lengle filed a notice of appeal from the Family

Court’s March 25, 2025 order affirming a Family Court commissioner’s decision on

the parties’ cross-petitions for a protection-from-abuse order. On May 7, 2025, the

Court denied Lengle’s petition to proceed in forma pauperis. The next day, the

Senior Court Clerk advised Lengle to pay the Court’s filing fee by May 22, 2025, or

a notice to show cause would issue. Lengle failed to pay the filing fee. On May 27,

2025, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by certified mail, directing Lengle

to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to pay the

filing fee. Lengle received the notice, as evidenced by the signed return receipt filed

1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). with the Court on June 2, 2025. A timely response to the notice was due on or before

June 12, 2025. To date, Lengle has neither responded to the notice to show cause

nor paid the filing fee.2 Dismissal of this appeal is therefore deemed to be

unopposed.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal be

DISMISSED under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b).

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen L. Valihura Justice

2 Lengle has also failed to pay the Family Court’s appeal-preparation fee. 2