In re Request for an Investigation of Attorneys
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court *1026dismissing her petition for relief in the nature of mandamus. She sought an order compelling the Board of Bar Overseers to cause the Office of the Bar Counsel to reopen disciplinary proceedings against several attorneys as to whom she had filed one or more grievances.1 Her petition was correctly dismissed for the reason stated by the single justice: “A complainant . . . cannot commence a judicial action challenging bar counsel’s decision and seek a judicial order compelling bar counsel to act in a certain way. There…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re a Request for an Investigation of an AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
3Cited by1 opinion
- MELITA PICCIOTTO & Others v. A. CLARISSA WRIGHT, CHAIR OF BOARD OF BAR OVERSEERS, & othersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2025