FRANCES HINES v. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (2026)

Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

FRANCES HINES v. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS & another.1

25-P-804

Decided: June 16, 2026

By the Court (Desmond, Hand & Hodgens, JJ.3)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 23.0

The plaintiff, Frances Hines, appeals from a judgment dismissing all claims in her amended Superior Court complaint. Hines's briefing, however, includes neither record nor legal citations, and thus does not rise to the level of appellate argument as required by Mass. R. A. P. 16 (a) (9), as appearing in 481 Mass. 1628 (2019).

Accordingly, and without further discussion, we affirm the judgment.²

Judgment affirmed.

FOOTNOTES

2. We recognize that Hines is not represented by counsel and moved for leave to file a nonconforming brief. A single justice of this court allowed that motion “[w]ithout deciding whether the appellant has presented an adequate appellate argument.”

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