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

CA 22-00787

IN THE MATTER OF UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V JASON L., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County, entered April 26, 2022,

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 for 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, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, 438 Main Street, Suite 400, Buffalo, New York 14202, 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 Onondaga 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).

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: August 22, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court