Opinion
DOCKET NO. CA 15-00301
03-16-2015
ANTHONY BOTTOM, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. (CLAIM NO. 121214.)
PRESENT: , SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.
Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from a judgment of the Court of Claims entered in the Office of the Clerk of said court on January 2, 2015,
Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Anthony Bottom sworn to February 12, 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 for permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and the motion is otherwise denied, and
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court of Claims is hereby directed to provide appellant 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, and
It is further ORDERED that appellant shall pay costs and fees and any sum expended by the Court of Claims in providing the aforesaid stenographic copy out of any recovery by judgment or settlement.
Memorandum: Assignment of counsel is not available.
Entered: March 16, 2015
Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk