IN RE: DANIELLE DILL (2024)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

IN RE: DANIELLE DILL, PSY.D., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. BRIAN S., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

732 Decided: November 15, 2024

PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CURRAN, MONTOUR, GREENWOOD, AND HANNAH, JJ.

ELIZABETH S. FORTINO, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, SYRACUSE (NATHANIEL V. RILEY OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (BRIAN LUSIGNAN OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Memorandum: Respondent appeals from an order granting petitioner's application for authorization to administer medication to respondent over his objection. The order has since expired, rendering this appeal moot (see Matter of McCulloch v Melvin H., 156 AD3d 1480, 1481 [4th Dept 2017], appeal dismissed 31 NY3d 927 [2018], lv denied 32 NY3d 902 [2018]; Matter of Russell v Tripp, 144 AD3d 1593, 1594 [4th Dept 2016]), and this case does not fall within the exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of McGrath, 245 AD2d 1081, 1082 [4th Dept 1997]; see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 714-715 [1980]).

Entered: November 15, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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