BOSTON (SHNS) - An Appeals Court judge said late Wednesday that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg has not shown that she's likely to succeed in her appeal of a court order reinstating Shannon O'Brien as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, clearing the path for O'Brien's return.

Judge Gloria Tan denied Goldberg's motion for an order that would prevent O'Brien from returning to her job as chair of the CCC -- the job that Goldberg appointed O'Brien to in September 2022, suspended her from in September 2023, and fired her from in September 2024 -- while the treasurer appeals the Superior Court ruling that went in O'Brien's favor.

"After careful review of the papers submitted, including the judge's comprehensive memorandum of decision and order, the defendant has not demonstrated, as she must,

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