Legal Opinion
In re Washington
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 22, 1995PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
Appeal from an order of the County Court of Clinton County (Lewis, J.), entered August 22, 1994, which dismissed petitioner’s application pursuant to Civil Rights Law article 6 to change his name.
Petitioner, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County serving an 81/s to 25-year sentence, petitioned to have his name changed to Youseff Shalom Ali for the reason that the "assumption of a new name will conform to the practice and ideals of’ his Islamic faith. County Court summarily denied the petition on the ground that the name change would result in recordkeeping problems for…
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