def delete(self, dn, controls=None):

        self.result = { 'dn' : '',
                        'referrals' : None,
                        'description' : 'success',
                        'result' : 0,
                        'message' : '',
                        'type' : 'addResponse'}

        # Check to see if the user exists in the directory
        try:
            index = self._find_user(dn)
        except StopIteration:
            # If we get here the user doesn't exist so continue
            self.result["description"] = "failure"
            self.result["result"] = 32
            self.result["message"] = "Error no such object: {0}".format(dn)
            return False

        # Delete the entry object for the user
        self.directory.pop(index)

        # Attempt to write changes to disk
        with open(DIRECTORY, 'w+') as f:
            f.write(str(self.directory))

        return True