Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1980

In re McDonald

In re McDonald
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 29, 1980
75 A.D.2d 980; 1980 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11628
In re McDonald

Opinion of the Court

Application by respondent to modify order dated May 2, 1980 to provide that respondent’s affidavit be treated as an application for suspension by reason of "physical” instead of "mental” incapacity. Application denied. Based upon respondent’s testimony at a preliminary hearing before petitioner and the statements contained in respondent’s affidavit of April 16, 1980, we concluded that respondent’s inability to function as an attorney resulted from mental or emotional incapacity or irresponsibility. Accordingly, we treated respondent’s affidavit requesting voluntary suspension from the practice of law as an application for suspension by reason of mental incapacity. We find no basis in the present application for treating such affidavit as an application for suspension by reason of physical incapacity. Mahoney, P. J., Greenblott, Sweeney, Main and Casey, JJ., concur.

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