State v. El-Abbadi

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

STATE OF DELAWARE )
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v. ) ID No. 1908013052
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TAHA EL-ABBADI, )
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Defendant. )

Submitted: May 27, 2026
Decided: June 22, 2026

ORDER ADOPTING COMMISSIONER’S REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION THAT DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
POSTCONVICTION RELIEF BE SUMMARILY DISMISSED AND
POSTCONVICTION COUNSEL’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW BE
GRANTED.

On this 22nd day of June, 2026, upon consideration of the Superior Court

Commissioner’s Report and Recommendations, 1 Defendant Taha El-Abbadi’s

(“Defendant”) pro se Motion for Postconviction Relief (the “Motion”)2 made

pursuant to Superior Court Criminal Rule 61, Postconviction Counsel’s Motion to

Withdraw, and the record in this case:

1. The Court referred the Motion to a Commissioner pursuant to 10 Del. C. §

512(b) and Rule 62 for proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

1
D.I. 89.
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D.I. 48.
2. On May 27, 2026, Commissioner O’Connor issued a Report and

Recommendation in which he recommended that the Court summarily

dismiss Defendant’s Motion for Postconviction Relief.

3. A party can file and serve written objections to a Commissioner’s order

“[w]ithin ten days after filing of a Commissioner’s proposed findings of

fact and recommendations.”3 Neither party filed and served an objection

on or before June 10, 2026, ten days after the Commissioner filed his

Report and Recommendation.

4. The Court adopts the Commissioner’s Report and Recommendation in its

entirety for the reasons set forth therein. The Commissioner’s findings are not

clearly erroneous, contrary to law, or an abuse of discretion.4 Accordingly,

Defendant’s Motion for Postconviction Relief is hereby SUMMARILY

DISMISSED and Postconviction counsel’s Motion to Withdraw is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

____________________ _________
Sheldon K. Rennie, Judge

Original to Prothonotary

cc: Taha H. El-Abbadi (SBI #00686213)

3
Super. Ct. Crim. R. 62(a)(5)(ii).
4
Super. Ct. Crim. R. 62(a)(4)(iv).

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