Kordis v. Appeals Court

The petitioner, William A. Kordis, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. We vacate the judgment. We hold that, in the circumstances described below, the petitioner was entitled to appeal to a panel of the Appeals Court from an order of a single justice of the Appeals Court refusing to destroy or impound certain material in the court’s file in an appeal involving the petitioner that is pending in that court.

Facts. The petitioner, an inmate at a Massachusetts correctional facility, commenced a civil action in…