MATTER OF CINDY R.

500669/12.

41 Misc.3d 171 (2012)

970 N.Y.S.2d 853

2012 NY Slip Op 22407

In the Matter of CINDY R., Petitioner.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

Decided August 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Services, Queens Village ( Robert Seppanen of counsel), for petitioner. Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Jose L. Velez of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MARTIN J. SCHULMAN, J.

At the request of the parties at the conclusion of the hearing on this writ of habeas corpus for the immediate release of the petitioner from Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, the court expounds upon its June 5, 2012 oral ruling discharging the petitioner.

The writ of habeas corpus at bar presents extraordinary circumstances of such magnitude that the petitioner patient's illegal retention and violation of...

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