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

CA 20-01147
Index No: CA2018-001926

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF DANIEL J., CONSEC.# 22582 FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MHL 10.09, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person, for assignment of counsel other than Mental Hygiene Legal Service, for a transcript without having to pay a fee, for the sealing of the record, and for permission to proceed anonymously on the appeal taken herein from an order of the County Court, Oneida County, entered August 12, 2020,

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 insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as its seeks assignment of counsel other than Mental Hygiene Legal Service is granted and Paul B. Watkins, Esq., 115 N. Main Street, Fairport, New York 14450-1415 is hereby assigned as appellant's counsel for the purposes of this appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Oneida County Clerk provide

Paul B. Watkins, Esq., 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 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 motion insofar as it seeks to seal the record and papers filed on this appeal is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to proceed anonymously is granted.

Entered: October 19, 2020

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court