PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.

DOCKET NO. CA 15-00799
(Index No: CA2015-513)

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF STATE OF NEW YORK, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V LIAM LONGO, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

An order having been entered May 28, 2015, granting assignment of Emmett J. Creahan, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service as counsel to perfect the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Oneida on May 5, 2015, and Mental Hygiene Legal Service having moved to withdraw as counsel and having moved for the assignment of alternative counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of Stephen C. Clark, Esq., dated July 7, 2015, 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 to withdraw as counsel and seeking assignment of alternative counsel for the purposes of this appeal is granted, and John A. Cirando, Esq., 101 South Salina Street, Suite 1010, Syracuse, NY 13202, is substituted and assigned as counsel to appellant for the purpose of conducting this appeal, and this appeal may be prosecuted upon one stipulated or settled record as defined by 22 NYCRR 1000.3 (c) (2) and ten copies of appellant's brief reproduced pursuant to CPLR 5529, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the County of Oneida is hereby directed to provide John A. Cirando, Esq., 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.

Entered: July 22, 2015

Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk