Roe v. Rosencratz

Roe’s petition primarily challenges a judgment in the Superior Court dismissing a twenty-five count complaint she filed against the same twenty parties who are the respondents in this appeal. Because the judgment could have been challenged adequately in the ordinary appellate process, and Roe has not met her burden of demonstrating otherwise, the single justice did not err in denying extraordinary relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. See Matter of an Appeal Bond (No. 2), 428 Mass. 1022, 1022-1023 (1999), citing Soja v. T.P. Sampson Co., 373 Mass. 630, 631 (1977).

In addition, Roe claims that the…