Stone v. Rivera

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to prohibit the respondent Reinaldo Rivera, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, from enforcing an order of the same court (Duberstein, J.), dated December 11, 1997, directing the petitioner Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health to allow the respondent Leon Reed, a patient hospitalized in a facility pursuant to CPL 330.20, unescorted furloughs.

Adjudged that the petition is granted, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the respondent is prohibited from enforcing the order dated December 11, 1997.

Justice Rivera…