Bledsoe v. Comm’r of Corr.
Annotate this CaseHaywood Bledsoe, an inmate in the custody of the Department of Correction, commenced an action against the Commissioner of Correction and other officials. A judge granted summary judgment as to some of the counts in Bledsoe’s complaint, and after a hearing in which Bledsoe participated by video conference, another judge granted summary judgment on the remaining counts. While Bledsoe’s appeal was pending, he requested, without success, a transcript of the summary judgment hearing. Bledsoe then moved for a DVD record of the hearing at his own expense. The motion was denied on the ground that it was not necessary for the appeal. Bledsoe filed a petition for relief under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, 3 from the denial of that motion. A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court denied the petition. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that Bledsoe was not entitled to extraordinary relief under the Court’s general superintendence power.
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