Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

In the Matter of Two Applications for a Criminal Complaint

October 11, 2023

Summary

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the county court’s denial of the petitioner’s petition for relief under G.L. c. 211, § 3, holding that the single justice properly exercised discretion by not invoking the court’s extraordinary superintendence power and that the petitioner lacks standing to compel issuance of criminal complaints.