The judge subsequently denied the petitioner's motion to reconsider, and the petitioner then filed his G. L. c. 211, § 3, petition in the county court. The single justice denied the petition without a hearing."A.F. v. D.F., 479 Mass. 1015, 1015, 94 N.E.3d 847 (2018). In that opinion, the court affirmed the denial of relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, and instructed the petitioner that his remedy lay in the Appeals Court.