Matter of Blossom V.

2024 NY Slip Op 04671

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Matter of Blossom V. (2024 NY Slip Op 04671)

Matter of Blossom V.

2024 NY Slip Op 04671

Decided on September 27, 2024

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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Decided on September 27, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CURRAN, MONTOUR, NOWAK, AND DELCONTE, JJ.

583 CA 23-01736

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF BLOSSOM., A PATIENT ADMITTED TO ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. NARAYANA REDDY, M.D., MEDICAL DIRECTOR, ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER, PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT UNIT, PETITIONER-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] — AD3d — [Sept. 27, 2024] [4th Dept 2024]).

Entered: September 27, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court