Jordan v. Clerk of the Westfield Division of District Court Department

The petitioner, Joseph Jordan, unsuccessfully sought relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, from the entry by the District Court of an order pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, and he appeals. It appears that trial court personnel did not timely provide Jordan with the tape recording of the c. 209A hearing, as he had requested, see Greco v. Suffolk Div. of the Probate & Family Court Dep’t, 418 Mass. 153 (1994), Callahan v. Boston Mun. Court Dep’t, 413 Mass. 1009 *1017(1992), and neither the recording nor a transcript of the hearing may have been available to Jordan when he filed his G. L. c. 211, § 3,…