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In re Application of Guttmacher

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Mar 25, 2019
2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 66574 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)

Opinion

Motion No: CA 19-00460

03-25-2019

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LAURENCE GUTTMACHER, M.D., CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF JAMES M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


PRESENT: (INDEX NO. C#7948.)

Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person, for assignment of counsel, for a transcript without having to pay a fee, and for the sealing of the record on the appeal taken herein from an order of Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Monroe on January 14, 2019,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, 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 Sarah M. Fallon, 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 Monroe 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 appeal may be prosecuted upon one hard copy of the complete record and an original and five hard copies and one digital copy of appellant's brief, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.9 (a) (4), and

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

Entered: March 25, 2019

Mark W. Bennett, Clerk


Summaries of

In re Application of Guttmacher

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Mar 25, 2019
2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 66574 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)
Case details for

In re Application of Guttmacher

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LAURENCE GUTTMACHER, M.D., CLINICAL…

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

Date published: Mar 25, 2019

Citations

2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 66574 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)