PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.

CA 23-01169 and CA 23-01736

IN THE MATTER OF BLOSSOM V., A PATIENT ADMITTED TO ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, DIRECTOR, ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. MATTER OF ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V BLOSSOM V., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. Index Nos: 006224/2023

Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County, entered June 22, 2023 and July 2, 2023, and for other relief,

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 the appeals, 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 appeals are based, and

It is further ORDERED that the appeals herein must be perfected by electronic filing pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1245 and 22 NYCRR 1000.17, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to seal the record and papers filed in the appeals is granted, and

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

Entered: November 6, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court