Roe v. Rosencratz

Jane Roe, a pro se plaintiff, appeals from a single justice order denying her requests to waive filing fees in this court. She argues that G. L. c. 261, § 27C(2),1 and the Instructions to Courts on the Administration of the Indigent Court Costs Law, Mass. Gen. Laws Ann., Supreme Judicial Court Rules (Thomson West 2006) (Indigency Instructions),2 require the clerk3 of this court to grant a request for waiver of fees, and preclude referral of the matter to a judge, when the plaintiff’s affidavit states on its face that she meets the requirements for indigency described in G. L. c. 261, § 27 A.…