John S. v. State (In re Application for Discharge of John S.)

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF JOHN S., CONSECUTIVE NO…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 24, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 91869 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

DOCKET NO. CA 15-01686

11-24-2015

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF JOHN S., CONSECUTIVE NO. 29671, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MENTAL HYGIENE LAW § 10.09, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.

(Index No. CA2012-000980.)

PRESENT:

Petitioner having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person, for assignment of counsel, for a transcript without having to pay a fee, for the sealing of the record, and for permission to proceed anonymously 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 October 1, 2015,

Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of Patrick T. Chamberlain, Esq., dated November 4, 2015, the affidavit of John S. sworn to October 29, 2015, 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 its seeks assignment of counsel is granted, and Emmett J. Creahan, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service is hereby assigned as appellant's counsel for the purposes of this appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks a transcript without having to pay a fee is granted to the extent that the Clerk of the County of Oneida is hereby directed to provide Mental Hygiene Legal Service with copies of all papers and 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, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to seal the record and papers filed on this appeal is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to proceed anonymously is denied.

Entered: November 24, 2015

Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk