MATTER OF PAVEL v. CONEY ISLAND HOSPITAL

2020-08471. Index No. 301555/20.

207 A.D.3d 551 (2022)

169 N.Y.S.3d 827

2022 NY Slip Op 04553

In the Matter of Pavel V., Appellant. Coney Island Hospital, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided July 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Garden City, NY ( Michael D. Neville , Laura Rothschild , and Dennis B. Feld of counsel), for appellant.

Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP, Lake Success, NY ( Eric Broutman , Sarah Chussler , and Douglas K. Stern of counsel), for respondent.

Dillon, J.P., Connolly, Roman and Maltese, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.

In August 2020, Pavel V. (hereinafter the patient) was admitted to Coney Island Hospital (hereinafter the hospital) as an emergency involuntary patient. The patient was later involuntarily confined to the hospital pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.27, and he subsequently made an application pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.31 for a hearing to determine the need for involuntary...

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