Case Name: In the Matter of Ernest Brown, Appellant, v. Abe Lavine, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1973-11-21
Citations: 33 N.Y.2d 821
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Ernest Brown, Appellant, v. Abe Lavine, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 821–821

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Ernest Brown, Appellant, v. Abe Lavine, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Submitted October 29, 1973;
decided November 21, 1973.
Mark E. Spires, Robert L. Becker and Philip Damashek for motion.
Louis J. Lefkowits, Attorney-General (Thomas R. McLoughlin of counsel) and Norman Redlich, Corporation Counsel (Stanley Buchsbaum and Alfred Weinstein of counsel), opposed.

Opinion:
Motion dismissed upon the ground that the order of the Appellate Division denying leave to appeal to that court as a poor person involves an exercise of discrétion not reviewable by the Court of Appeals.