IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LAURENCE GUTTMACHER, M.D., CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER FOR AN
Motion No: CA 08-01571
Slip Opinion No: 2009 NY Slip Op 93016(U)
Decided on December 23, 2009
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


December 23, 2009

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P. J., HURLBUTT, MARTOCHE, SMITH, AND CENTRA, JJ.

DOCKET NO. CA 08-01571

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LAURENCE GUTTMACHER,

M.D., CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE

INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF

ANATOLE H., RESPONDENT,

A PATIENT AT ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER,

RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Monroe on July 9, 2008,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Anatole Hresent sworn to July 17, 2008, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion for permission to proceed as a poor person be, and the same hereby is, granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Emmett J. Creahan, Esq. Director of Mental Hygiene Legal Services, 50 East Avenue, Suite 402, Rochester, NY 14604 is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal and may prosecute the appeal upon one record as defined by 22 NYCRR 1000.3 (c) (2) and 10 copies of appellant's brief reproduced pursuant to CPLR 5529, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the County of Monroe is hereby directed to provide Emmett J. Creahan, Esq. with a stenographic copy of the minutes upon which the appeal is based.

Entered: December 23, 2009

Patricia L. Morgan, Clerk