Case Name: In the Matter of Maurice M., Appellant. Andrea Norton, M.D., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-04-27
Citations: 138 A.D.3d 1119
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Maurice M., Appellant. Andrea Norton, M.D., Respondent.
Judges: Rivera, J.R, Balkin, Dickerson and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 1119–1119

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Maurice M., Appellant. Andrea Norton, M.D., Respondent.
[28 NYS3d 893]

Opinion:
In a proceeding for permission to administer medication to a patient without his consent, Maurice M. appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Graham, J.), dated July 3, 2014, which, after a hearing, granted the petition.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
The order appealed from expired by its own terms during the pendency of this appeal. Accordingly, this appeal has been rendered academic. Contrary to the appellant's contention, the appeal does not fall within the exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Anonymous v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 70 NY2d 972, 974 [1988]; Matter of Maurice M. [Kinyamu], 125 AD3d 660 [2015]; Matter of Carpeah N. [Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Ctr.], 77 AD3d 836 [2010]).
Rivera, J.R, Balkin, Dickerson and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.