Scott v. Dedham Division of the District Court Department

In June, 1999, the petitioner Lorenzo Q. Scott filed two applications for criminal complaints with the clerk of the Dedham Division of the District Court Department, alleging that two Wellesley police officers had committed various criminal offenses in the course of apprehending Scott in 1995 on charges of breaking and entering in the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony.2 A probable cause hearing was scheduled. However, before the hearing took place, a District Court judge dismissed the applications without a hearing. Scott filed a motion for reconsideration, which was denied. He…