Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2016

WRIGHT, MYRON v. STATE OF NEW YORK

WRIGHT, MYRON v. STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 10, 2016
WRIGHT, MYRON v. STATE OF NEW YORK

Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 814.1 CA 16-00358 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, DEJOSEPH, AND SCUDDER, JJ.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF MYRON WRIGHT, CONSECUTIVE NO. 16906, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MENTAL HYGIENE LAW SECTION 10.09, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V ORDER STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (KATHLEEN M. TREASURE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

EMMETT J. CREAHAN, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, UTICA (MICHAEL H. MCCORMICK OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Louis P. Gigliotti, A.J.), entered March 1, 2016 in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The order, among other things, directed the discharge of petitioner from the custody of the New York State Office of Mental Health.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: November 10, 2016 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court

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