In re Waters

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), entered July 2, 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 sentence of 3V2 to 7 years upon his conviction of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, petitioned to have his name changed to Rayheem Abraham Shalome1 Abdur Al Khaliq for the purpose of conforming to the practice of his Islamic faith. Supreme Court dismissed the petition…