Buckmore v. Czelusniak Funeral Home, Inc.

A single justice denied the petitioner’s petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. “This court will not reverse a single justice’s denial of a petition brought pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, unless the single justice abused his or her discretion or made a clear error of law.” Rogan v. Commonwealth, 415 Mass. 376, 378 (1993), citing Schipani v. Commonwealth, 382 Mass. 685 (1980).

The single justice did not abuse his discretion in denying the petition. The petitioner failed to present an adequate record from which the single justice could have evaluated whether relief was appropriate. A…