Case Name: In the Matter of Robert Rowe, a Suspended Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, Appellant. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-02-10
Citations: 69 N.Y.2d 757
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Robert Rowe, a Suspended Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, Appellant. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 757–758

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Robert Rowe, a Suspended Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, Appellant. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Respondent.
Argued January 12, 1987;
decided February 10, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert Rowe, appellant pro se.
Mark F. Dewan and Robert H. Straus for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
In view of the fact that the petitioner was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, as a result of which he is still receiving court-ordered psychiatric care, and the additional fact that the affidavit of his own psychiatrist is not sufficient to raise an issue of fact in support of his mental fitness to practice law, the Appellate Division did not abuse its discretion in denying the application without a hearing.
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur.
Order affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum.