Opinion
05-03-2017
In the Matter of ALLAIN M. (Anonymous), petitioner, v. Ira H. MARGULIS, etc., et al., respondents.
Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola, NY (Arthur A. Baer of counsel), for petitioner. John W. McConnell, New York, NY (Lee A. Adlerstein of counsel), for respondent Ira H. Margulis. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, NY (Jason Buskin of counsel), for respondent Kerry Delaney. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Anish M. Patel of counsel), respondent pro se.
Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola, NY (Arthur A. Baer of counsel), for petitioner.
John W. McConnell, New York, NY (Lee A. Adlerstein of counsel), for respondent Ira H. Margulis.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, NY (Jason Buskin of counsel), for respondent Kerry Delaney.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Anish M. Patel of counsel), respondent pro se.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondents from enforcing a provision of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, and in the nature of mandamus to compel Ira H. Margulis, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, to issue an amended order.ADJUDGED that the proceeding is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
This proceeding has been rendered academic in light of a subsequent order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, which vacated the order that is the subject of this proceeding. This case does not present an exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 716–717, 431 N.Y.S.2d 400, 409 N.E.2d 876 ). Accordingly, the proceeding must be dismissed.
MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, BARROS and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.