Case Name: Peter T. Linn vs. Heidi L. Emmons
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 2010-02-19
Citations: 456 Mass. 1003
Docket Number: 
Parties: Peter T. Linn vs. Heidi L. Emmons.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 456
Pages: 1003–1004

Head Matter:
Peter T. Linn vs. Heidi L. Emmons.
February 19, 2010.
The case was submitted on the papers filed, accompanied by a memorandum of law.
Peter T. Linn, pro se.

Opinion:
Peter T. Linn appeals pro se from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. He had sought relief from judgments entered in the Probate and Family Court, concerning child custody and support matters, and from a decision by the Appeals Court in which he had challenged the underlying judgments. See Emmons v. Linn, 72 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (2009). This court denied his application for further appellate review. See Emmons v. Linn, 453 Mass. 1103 (2009). Linn has filed a memorandum and appendix pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 2:21, as amended, 434 Mass. 1301 (2001). He seeks improperly to invoke this court's superintendence power to relitigate matters that he unsuccessfully sought to challenge in the earlier proceedings. "Our general superintendence power under G. L. c. 211, § 3, is extraordinary and to be exercised sparingly, not as a substitute for the normal appellate process or merely to provide an additional layer of appellate review after the normal process has run its course." Votta v. Police Dep't of Billerica, 444 Mass. 1001, 1001 (2005). See Davidson v. Register of Probate for Essex County, 454 Mass. 1013 (2009). Accordingly, the single justice properly denied his petition.
Judgment affirmed.