IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF EDWARD T., CONSECUTIVE NO. 345241, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC
Motion No: CA 20-01656
Slip Opinion No: 2021 NY Slip Op 61680(U)
Decided on February 5, 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 5, 2021

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

CA 20-01656
Index No: CA2020-000748

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF EDWARD T.,

CONSECUTIVE NO. 345241, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC

CENTER EDWARD T., PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

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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, 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 Supreme Court, Oneida County, entered November 16, 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 is granted, and Elizabeth S. Fortino, Acting Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service is hereby assigned as appellant's counsel for the purposes of this appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks a transcript without having to pay a fee is granted to the extent that the Oneida County Clerk is hereby directed to 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 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: February 5, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court