Matter of Application of Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., M.S.

Matter of Application of Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., M.S.

Motion No: 1184 SSD 54

Slip Opinion No: 2007 NYSlipOp 81047

Decided on October 18, 2007

Court of Appeals Motion Decision

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This motion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

In the Matter of the Application of Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., M.S., as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Nassau Medical Center, Respondent, For an Order Authorizing the Involuntary Treatment of Catherine F. (Anonymous), a Patient at Nassau University Medical Center, Appellant.

Appeal transferred without costs, by the Court sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, Second Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitu- tional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, 3[b][2], 5[b]; CPLR 5601[b][2]).