Opinion
Index No. 2011-211 Motion No: 513148
10-26-2011
In the Matter of INJAH TAFARI, Appellant, v. BRIAN FISCHER, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent.
DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION
Application for permission to proceed as a poor person, assignment of counsel and permission to submit petition as brief on appeal.
Upon the papers filed in support of the application, and no papers having been filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the application for permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, without costs, to the extent that the filing fee required by CPLR 8022 is waived and the appeal may be perfected upon the original papers filed in the office of the county clerk, the petition shall be submitted to the court as appellant's brief on appeal and the brief is deemed timely filed. Application for assignment of counsel denied, without costs.
MERCURE, J.P., PETERS, MALONE JR., STEIN and McCARTHY, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court