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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for the Commonwealth Case Docket. Route to SJC Direct Entry: Single Justice Reservation & Report. PARTY / ATTORNEY. ATTORNEY APPEARANCE. Petitioner/Appellant Party Name Impounded Blue br.

  1. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of a single justice dismissing Petitioner's petition treated pursuant to Mass. 211, 3, holding that the single justice neither abused his discretion nor made a clear error of law in denying the petition.
  2. Single justice procedure notices If you’ve been charged with a minor criminal offence, you may be able to have your case decided by a magistrate without going to court. This is known as the ‘single.
  3. Justice Barbara Lenk, sitting as part of a single-justice session, ordered a lawsuit brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance to be transferred to the Supreme Judicial Court for arguments in.

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Interlocutory Review under G.L. c. 231, § 118 (All Matters in the Juvenile Court and the Probate and Family Court)

This is what you’ll file if you are challenging the court’s refusal to give you a 72-hour hearing or a timely 72-hour hearing, an adverse decision at a 72-hour hearing, an adverse reasonable efforts (RE) decision at a 72-hour hearing, an adverse decision on a motion for visits, placement, or services, or any other decision by the judge before final judgment.

Trial counsel can handle single justice petitions, but CAFL can assign mentors with special training to help. In some cases, CAFL can assign appellate counsel to handle a single justice petition. In any event, you must send CAFL administration a copy of the petition and memorandum of law that you file. See CAFL Perf. Standard 4.6(a).

Rules and Standing Order Governing c.231, § 118 Single Justice Practice

c. 231, § 118 Guide to Appeals Court Single Justice Practice

Model c. 231, § 118 Petitions and Memoranda of Law

  • Model 1 (failure to hold a 72-hour hearing within 72 hours)
    Petition and Memorandum of Law
  • Model 2 (failure to give a parent a 72-hour hearing when the child is removed from a third-party custodian)
    Petition and Memorandum of Law
  • Model 3 (evidentiary errors/insufficient evidence at a 72-hour hearing)
    Petition and Memorandum of Law
  • Model 4 (proper RE finding but failure to order remedial visits/services – Walt 1)
    Petition and Memorandum of Law
  • Model 5 (erroneous RE determination – Walt 2)
    Petition and Memorandum of Law

Model c. 231, § 118 Response

  • Model 1 (responding to petition Model 5; erroneous RE determination – Walt 2) Response

Model Motions (to accompany petitions and oppositions)

  • Motion for Expedited Transcript(filed in the trial court if expedited transcript is necessary)

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CRA – Final Appeals (Note that appeals of final CRA judgments and interlocutory appeals both follow c. 231, § 118)

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  • Model 1 (improper determination that child is habitually truant)
    Petition and Memorandum of Law