Echols v. Lord

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination by the respondent Elaine Lord, dated January 21, 1989, which removed the petitioner’s child from the Nursery Program at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.), entered November 15, 1989, which dismissed the proceeding.

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

In general, an appeal will be considered academic, if the rights of the parties will not be directly affected by the determination of…