Opinion
Motion No. 2023-03980 Index No. 250144/18Case No. 2023-03453
10-26-2023
In the Matter of the Application of The State of New York, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Anthony R., Respondent-Appellant. For a Judgment Pursuant to Article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Justice Presiding, Jeffrey K. Oing Ellen Gesmer Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke Kelly O'Neill Levy, Justices.
An appeal having been taken to this Court from an order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered on or about May 23, 2023,
And respondent-appellant having moved, pursuant to MHL § 10.13(c), for the appointment of Mental Hygiene Legal Services as appellate counsel, for leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the aforesaid appeal, and for leave to have the appeal heard on the original record and upon a reproduced appellant's brief, and for other relief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to said motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that said motion is granted to the extent of permitting the appeal to be heard on the original record and upon a reproduced appellant's brief, on condition that appellant serves one copy of such brief upon the attorney for respondent and files with this Court an original, and five hard copies, and if represented by counsel, one digital copy of such brief, together with the original record, pursuant to Section 1250.9 of the Practice Rules of the Appellate Division. Appellant is permitted to dispense with payment of the required fee for the subpoena and filing of the record.
Marvin Bernstein, Esq., Mental Hygiene Legal Service, 41 Madison Avenue, 26thFloor, New York, New York 10010, Telephone No. 646-386-5891, is assigned as counsel for respondent-appellant for the purposes of prosecuting the appeal. The time within which appellant shall perfect this appeal is hereby enlarged until 180 days from the receipt of the complete record.