Opinion
DOCKET NO. CA 18-00038
02-14-2018
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF SCOTT P., CONSECUTIVE NO. 395757, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER MHL § 10.09, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.
PRESENT: (INDEX NO. CA2016-478.)
Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Oneida on November 1, 2017,
Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of Edward W. Klein, Esq., dated January 9, 2018, the affidavit of Scott P. sworn to December 29, 2017, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and
It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks assignment of counsel is granted to the extent that Mark C. Davison, Esq., P.O. Box 652, Canandaigua, New York 14424, is hereby assigned as counsel for the purposes of this appeal, and
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the County of Oneida is hereby directed to provide Mark C. Davison, Esq., with copies of all transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings had and filed in said Clerk's Office upon which the appeal is based, along with one copy of any other paper or document on file in the Clerk's Office that is relevant and necessary to the appeal.
Entered: February 14, 2018
Mark W. Bennett, Clerk