Reznik v. Mendes

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Michael P. Johnson and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. The Appeals Court is a nominal party only. See S.J.C. Rule 2:22, 422 Mass. 1302 (1996). The defendants in the underlying litigation, Nicholas Urzia and Miranda Equipment & Contracting, Inc., were not named as parties in the petition, although they should have been. See id .

To the extent Reznik's petition also sought relief from the Appeals Court's decision on the substantive merits of his appeal, and from a decision of the Appellate Division of the District Court dismissing his initial appeal to that court, the single justice…