Matter of Dill v. Frantz C.

Matter of Dill v Frantz C. (2025 NY Slip Op 01466) Matter of Dill v Frantz C. 2025 NY Slip Op 01466 Decided on March 14, 2025 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on March 14, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department PRESENT: BANNISTER, J.P., SMITH, OGDEN, NOWAK, AND HANNAH, JJ. 83 CA 24-00164 [*1]IN THE MATTER OF DANIELLE DILL, PSY.D., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v FRANTZ C., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. 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. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Charles C. Merrell, J.), entered January 4, 2024, pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 33.03. The order, inter alia, granted petitioner's application for authorization 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 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: March 14, 2025 Ann Dillon Flynn Clerk of the Court