GEORGE W. SWAN, CLAIMANT- V STATE OF NEW YORK Claim No: 119186
Motion No: CA 20-01507
Slip Opinion No: 2021 NY Slip Op 61310(U)
Decided on February 2, 2021
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.


February 2, 2021

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

CA 20-01507

GEORGE W. SWAN, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT,

V

STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Claim No: 119186


Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeal taken herein from a judgment of the Court of Claims, entered June 1, 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 notice of appeal dated June 5, 2020, is deemed to be a valid appeal from the judgment entered June 1, 2020, and

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

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court of Claims provide appellant 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 appellant shall pay costs and fees and any sum expended by the Court of Claims in providing the aforesaid stenographic copy out of any recovery by judgment or settlement.

Entered: February 2, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court