Gorbatova v. First Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court

The petitioner, Valentina P. Gorbatova, filed a petition in the county court seeking an investigation into alleged misconduct of an assistant clerk of the court and a determination that he violated his obligations under the Code of Professional Responsibility for Clerks of the Courts. See S.J.C. Rule 3:12, as amended, 427 Mass. 1322 (1998). A single justice ordered that the petition be dismissed on the ground that there is no right to bring a private action in court to obtain discipline of a clerk. The petitioner appeals from the ensuing judgment of dismissal. We affirm.

The single justice…