In re Gregory F.

In a proceeding for permission to administer electroconvulsive therapy to a patient without his consent, the patient appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Price, J.), dated January 2, 2002, which, after a hearing, granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith.

The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying the appellant’s application for the…