In re Austin

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Clinton County (Ryan, J.), entered March 22, 2001, which dismissed petitioner’s application pursuant to Civil Rights Law article 6 to change his name.

Petitioner, an inmate at Clinton County Correctional Facility in Clinton County, petitioned to have his name changed to Neter Ausar Kamani. County Court denied the petition on three grounds, namely, that petitioner was not a resident of Clinton County, he failed to sufficiently specify the grounds for the name change and the relief would result in record-keeping *722problems for various governmental…