In re Madison

—Appeal from an amended order of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), entered August 24, 1998 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application pursuant to Civil Rights Law article 6 to change his name.

Petitioner, an inmate at Southport Correctional Facility in Chemung County currently serving a to 15-year sentence upon his conviction of robbery in the second degree and a 3V2 to 7-year sentence for assault in the first degree, petitioned to have his name changed to Diallo Rafik Asar Madison for the purpose of conforming to the practice of his Islamic faith. Supreme Court dismissed the…