Consilvio v. Michael B.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lucindo Suarez, J.), entered on or about November 25, 2002, which, insofar as appealed from, in a proceeding seeking an order authorizing the retention of respondent as an involuntary patient in a psychiatric hospital pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.33, directed petitioner hospital director to transfer respondent from the secure facility where he was being held to a nonsecure facility, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and such direction vacated.

In the context of this proceeding seeking an order pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.33…