Opinion
Motion No: CA 12-01469
08-22-2012
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF WILLIAM WALKER, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, CONSECUTIVE NO. 72100, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MENTAL HYGIENE LAW § 10.09, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.
PRESENT: , P. J., SMITH, CENTRA, FAHEY, AND PERADOTTO, JJ.
Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person, for assignment of counsel, for permission to proceed anonymously, and for the sealing of the records on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Oneida on June 13, 2012, and for other relief,
Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of Michael H. McCormick, Esq., dated July 31, 2012, the affidavit of William Walker sworn to July 13, 2012, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, 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 Emmett J. Creahan, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service is hereby assigned as counsel for the purposes of this appeal, and
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the County of Oneida 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 had and filed in said Clerk's Office upon which the appeal is based, and
It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to seal the record and other papers filed on this appeal is granted, and
It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to proceed anonymously is denied.
Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk