Azubuko v. Registry of Motor Vehicles

Chukwuma Azubuko appeals from the denial by a single justice of this court of his petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. In 2010, he commenced an action in the Superior Court seeking reinstatement of his driver’s license, which had been suspended due to a number of citations that had been issued to him. On the motion of the registry of motor vehicles, the complaint was dismissed on the ground that Azubuko had not demonstrated any legally cognizable basis for the lawsuit.1 Azubuko did not exercise his right to appeal. Instead, he sought to invoke this court’s extraordinary power of…