Mental Hygiene Legal Service v. Delaney

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ellis, J.), entered November 14, 2014 in FranWin County, which, among other things, granted defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

William T., a convicted sex offender on probation and with a long history of mental illness, resided in facilities operated by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (hereinafter OPWDD). After his probation expired, the Acting Director of the OPWDD facility where William T. was then a resident applied to retain him involuntarily pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 15.13 (b).…