Matter of Blossom V. (Reddy), 2024 NY Slip Op 04671 [230 AD3d 1553]

September 27, 2024

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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In the Matter of Blossom V., a Patient Admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Appellant. Narayana Reddy, M.D., Medical Director, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Respondent. (Appeal No. 2.)

Elizabeth S. Fortino, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Utica (Joseph M. Betar of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC, Syracuse (Robert W. Connolly of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Gerard J. Neri, J.), entered July 27, 2023, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 9. The order denied the motion of respondent for in-person hearings.

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

Same memorandum as in Matter of Blossom V. (Reddy) ([appeal No. 1] 230 AD3d 1552 [4th Dept 2024]). Present—Smith, J.P., Curran, Montour, Nowak and DelConte, JJ..