| Matter of Dill v Edwin B. |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 03919 [239 AD3d 1471] |
| June 27, 2025 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Danielle Dill, Psy.D., Executive Director of
Central New York Psychiatric Center, Respondent, v Edwin B., Appellant. |
Todd G. Monahan, Little Falls, for respondent-appellant.
Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany (Rachel Raimondi of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Charles C. Merrell, J.), entered June 5, 2024, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 33.03. The order, inter alia, authorized petitioner to administer medication to respondent over his objection.
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 Blossom V. [Reddy], 230 AD3d 1552, 1552-1553 [4th Dept 2024]; Matter of Upstate Univ. Hosp. v Bryant W., 224 AD3d 1340, 1341 [4th Dept 2024]), 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]). Present—Curran, J.P., Bannister, Smith, DelConte and Hannah, JJ.