IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CHRISTOPHER TIDD, MD, CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER V PIERRE D.
Motion No: CA 24-00637 AND CA 24-00638
Slip Opinion No: 2024 NY Slip Op 67669(U)
Decided on May 6, 2024
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


May 6, 2024

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

CA 24-00637 AND CA 24-00638

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CHRISTOPHER TIDD, MD,

CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

PIERRE D., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Index No: E2024004837


Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeals taken herein from the orders of the Supreme Court, Monroe County, entered March 26, 2024, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motions, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is further ORDERED that the motions insofar as they seek assignment of counsel are granted, and Elizabeth S. Fortino, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, 50 East Avenue, Suite 402, Rochester, New York 14604, is hereby assigned as appellant's counsel for the purposes of the appeals, and

It is further ORDERED that the motions insofar as they seek transcripts without having to pay a fee are granted to the extent that the Monroe 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 motions insofar as they seek to seal the record and papers filed on the appeals are granted, and

It is further ORDERED that the motions insofar as they seek to proceed anonymously are granted.

Entered: May 6, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court