Opinion
DOCKET NO. CA 17-00630
05-02-2017
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CARL S., CONSEC. NO. 17979 FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, PURSUANT TO MHL § 10.09, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.
PRESENT: (INDEX NO. CA2013-002528.)
Appellant 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 of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Oneida on February 15, 2017,
Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of Megan E. Dorr, Esq., dated March 28, 2017, the affidavit of Carl S. sworn to March 6, 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 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 Clerk of the County of Oneida 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 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 granted.
Entered: May 2, 2017
Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk