LOFTFIELD v. FERREIRA


440 Mass. 1012 (2004)

CHRISTOPHER J. LOFTFIELD vs. FRED FERREIRA & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

September 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on the papers filed, accompanied by a memorandum of law.

Christopher J. Loftfield, pro se.


Christopher J. Loftfield appeals from the denial of his G.L. c. 211, § 3, petition by a single justice of this court. We affirm.

In June of 2003, a default judgment entered against Loftfield in a summary process action in the District Court. Loftfield claims that when he attempted to file a timely notice of appeal, a clerk in the District Court refused to accept it. Although Loftfield's notice of appeal allegedly was accepted for filing two days later, he claims...

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