In re Petition of Smallwood
Annotate this CaseThis case arose from a longtime dispute between Dewoe Smallwood and his former girlfriend concerning ownership of certain real property. In 1997, Smallwood’s former girlfriend commenced a civil action against Smallwood, culminating in the sale of the property. After a final judgment was entered, Smallwood commenced this action seeking extraordinary relief pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, 3. Smallwood recounted numerous rulings that the superior court judges had made against him in the underlying action and asserted that he had filed complaints against certain judges who had made those adverse rulings, to no avail. A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court denied relief. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that the single justice did not err in dismissing Smallwood’s petition under chapter 211, section 3.
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