Loftfield v. Ferreira

In June of 2003, a default judgment entered against Loftfield in a summary process action in the District Court. Loftfield claims that when he attempted to file a timely notice of appeal, a clerk in the District Court refused to accept it. Although Loftfield’s notice of appeal allegedly was accepted for filing two days later, he claims that the clerk subsequently informed him that his notice would not be docketed because it was untimely. In Loftfield’s G. L. c. 211, § 3, petition, he sought relief mainly from the clerk’s alleged refusal to docket his notice of appeal.2

The case is now before…