In re Rouson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dan Lamont, J.

Petitioner Ronald Rouson — an incarcerated felon — seeks to change his name to Shahron Malik Shahar. The application should be denied for several reasons.

First, the petitioner was an inmate at Camp Summit Correctional Facility in Schoharie County when he filed his petition, but is presently incarcerated at Clinton Correctional Facility at Dannemora, and is not a resident of Schoharie County in the sense intended by section 60 of the Civil Rights Law.

Second, the petitioner’s 1980 conviction for robbery — a felony — automatically causes a loss and forfeiture of…