Tessema v. Carabetta Enterprises, Inc.

Rule 2:21 applies when the single justice denies relief from a challenged interlocutory ruling in the trial court. SJ.C. Rule 2:21 (1), 421 Mass. 1303 (1995). Here, the petitioner challenges the Superior Court judge’s denial of what appears to be a postjudgment (and, in this instance, not interlocutory) denial of a request for a free transcript.

Betresadik Tessema, pro se.

As a result, we do not consider rule 2:21" to apply because the petitioner has not identified an interlocutory ruling he is challenging. Although we often have authorized similar appeals to proceed in the regular course, we…