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

CA 23-01981 AND CA 24-00152
Index No: EFCA2023-000896

IN THE MATTER OF STEVEN S., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeals taken herein from the orders of the Supreme Court, Oneida County, entered October 23, 2023 and December 21, 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 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 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 on the appeals are granted, and

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

Entered: April 22, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court