Case Name: Jay Patrick Mellen vs. George Pergantis
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 2007-12-14
Citations: 450 Mass. 1017
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jay Patrick Mellen vs. George Pergantis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 450
Pages: 1017–1017

Head Matter:
Jay Patrick Mellen vs. George Pergantis.
December 14, 2007.
Supreme Judicial Court,
Jay Patrick Mellen, pro se.

Opinion:
Jay Patrick Mellen appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for relief from an adverse ruling in a summary process action in the District Court Department. The single justice treated the petition as one brought pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, to which Mellen makes no objection. Mellen has filed a brief that contains much information and argument, but he does not appear to challenge the action of the single justice. See Mass. R. A. P. 16 (a) (4), as amended, 367 Mass. 921 (1975). With respect to the underlying judgment in the summary process action, Mellen was entitled to an appeal to the Appellate Division of the District Court. See G. L. c. 231, § 108. Accordingly, relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, is not available. See Driscoll v. T.R. White Co., 441 Mass. 1009, 1010 (2004) ("This court's extraordinary powers under G. L. c. 211, § 3, are reserved for circumstances where there is no adequate, alternative remedy").
Judgment affirmed.