Selletti v. Acrish

Appeal (transferred to this court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Beisner, J.), entered August 16, 1990 in Dutchess County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondent to convert petitioner’s status to that of a voluntary patient.

By notice of petition dated April 27, 1990, petitioner, an involuntary patient at Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (hereinafter HVPC) in Dutchess County since August 1981, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding. She seeks an order directing…