Hurley v. Superior Court Department

The petitioner next filed a petition in the county court seeking a variety of relief in the nature of mandamus and pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. A single justice of this court denied the petition without a hearing. The petitioner has appealed to the full court.

Thomas Hurley, pro se. William J. Meade, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

1. The petitioner sought from the single justice, among other things, review of the rulings by the trial judge and the single justice of the Appeals Court concerning his request for transcripts. The applicable statute, G. L. c. 261, § 27D, plainly…