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PEOPLE EX REL. MICHAEL I. v. NIXON, JR.

265 A.D.2d 703 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 702

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. MICHAEL I., Appellant, v. JESSE NIXON, JR., as Director of Capital District Psychiatric Center, et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided October 21, 1999.

Mercure, J.

Petitioner is a patient at Capital District Psychiatric Center (hereinafter CDPC), a facility operated by the State Office of Mental Health, on a voluntary admission pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.13 (a). Petitioner has been diagnosed with several mental illnesses and is also developmentally disabled. This petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought on petitioner's behalf by the Mental Hygiene Legal Service (hereinafter MHLS), alleges in substance...

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