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