Hunt v. Appeals Court

Victor J. Hunt filed a petition in the county court, pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, seeking relief from orders issued by a single justice of the Appeals Court reducing, but not waiving entirely, the fees for docketing two appeals. A single justice of this court denied the petition without a hearing, and Hunt appealed. We affirm the judgment.

Relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, is appropriate only “in exceptional circumstances and where necessary to protect substantive rights in the absence of an alternative, effective remedy.” Votta v. Commonwealth, 435 Mass. 1013, 1013 (2002). It is the…