Callahan v. Boston Municipal Court Department

Elaine M. Callahan (plaintiff) appeals from a denial by a single justice of her complaint seeking review of the issuance of a restraining order against the plaintiff under G. L. c. 209A (1990 ed.),1 in the Boston Municipal Court (BMC).2 See G. L. c. 211, § 3 (1990 ed.).

The plaintiff alleges that the complainants in the G. L. c. 209A proceeding, Michael and Frances Patricia Callahan, secured a restraining order against the plaintiff in retaliation for a civil judgment she previously had obtained against them. The plaintiff further alleges that court personnel denied her access to the tape…