DEMPSEY v. CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY

SJC-10475

454 Mass. 1017 (2009)

JOHN B. DEMPSEY v. CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

August 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Dempsey, pro se.


The petitioner, John B, Dempsey, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. We affirm.

The petitioner filed a petition in the Superior Court to seal certain Superior Court, Boston Municipal Court, and District Court criminal records. A judge in the Superior Court denied the petition on the basis that the court did not have the authority to seal records in cases resulting in convictions and committed...

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