Opinion
Motion No. CA 23-01789 Index No. E2023-0760
12-04-2023
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KARA WALAWENDER, UNIT CHIEF, CENRTAL NEW YORK PSYCHIARTIC CENTER, AUBURIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY UNIT, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. ANTONIO T., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court, Cayuga County, entered September 27, 2023, and for other relief, 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 for 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 Elizabeth S. Fortino, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, 438 Main Street, Suite 400, Buffalo, New York 14202, is hereby assigned as appellant's counsel for the purposes of this appeal, and
It is further ORDERED that the Cayuga County Clerk provide Mental Hygiene Legal Service with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings upon which the appeal is based, and
It is further ORDERED that the appeal herein must be perfected by electronic filing pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1245 and 22 NYCRR 1000.17, 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 record and papers filed on this appeal are sealed, and
It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to proceed anonymously is granted.