DOE v. CHAPMAN


445 Mass. 1014 (2005)

JOHN DOE v. BERTRAND G. CHAPMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

October 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Gabler & Carmen L. Durso for John Doe.


The petitioner appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. We dismiss the appeal as moot.

The petitioner commenced a civil action in the Superior Court against his physician. He sought to proceed anonymously, but a judge in the Superior Court, finding no compelling reason to allow him to proceed anonymously, ordered that his complaint be dismissed unless he amended it using his true name.

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