IN RE: Carpeah N. (Anonymous) (2010)

Submitted-October 1, 2010

DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding for permission to administer anti-psychotic drugs to a patient without his consent, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), dated August 12, 2009, which granted the petition.

ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.

The appellant was discharged from Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center in the fall of 2009 and is no longer subject to the involuntary medication order appealed from.   Accordingly, the instant appeal has been rendered academic.   Contrary to the appellant's contention, the appeal does not fall within an exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714-715;  Matter of David C., 69 N.Y.2d 796, 798;  Matter of Sylvie J., 233 A.D.2d 446).

SKELOS, J.P., ENG, BELEN and HALL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court