Opinion
12-07-2016
In the Matter of NORRIS R. (Anonymous), appellant.
Laurette Mulry, Central Islip, NY (Steven Flaumenhaft of counsel), for appellant. Dennis M. Brown, County Attorney, Central Islip, NY (Danielle N. Guida of counsel), for respondent.
Laurette Mulry, Central Islip, NY (Steven Flaumenhaft of counsel), for appellant.
Dennis M. Brown, County Attorney, Central Islip, NY (Danielle N. Guida of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of fact-finding and disposition of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Philip Goglas, J.), dated April 5, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, upon a finding, made upon the appellant's admission, that the appellant committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crime of assault in the third degree, and upon adjudicating him a juvenile delinquent, placed him in the custody of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for placement in a limited secure facility for a minimum of six months without credit for time spent in detention.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.The appellant was adjudicated a juvenile delinquent and placed with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for placement in a limited secure facility. On this appeal, he contends that the placement in a limited secure facility was not the least restrictive alternative and that the Family Court erred in failing to give him credit for the time he spent in detention prior to the disposition. The period of placement has expired, so the appellant's appeal challenging the placement and its duration are academic, as is his contention that, in effect, the period of placement should have expired even earlier (see Matter of Richard R., 123 A.D.3d 1043, 1043–1044, 999 N.Y.S.2d 180 ; Matter of Joaquin J., 47 A.D.3d 630, 631, 848 N.Y.S.2d 544 ; Matter of David Franklin M., 45 A.D.3d 596, 597, 845 N.Y.S.2d 812 ; Matter of Marlene B., 12 A.D.3d 596, 597, 784 N.Y.S.2d 388 ; Matter of Shanita V., 7 A.D.3d 804, 804, 776 N.Y.S.2d 875 ; Matter of Tanisha B., 296 A.D.2d 494, 495, 745 N.Y.S.2d 473 ; accord Matter of Lamar J.F., 8 A.D.3d 1091, 1092, 778 N.Y.S.2d 369 ; cf. Matter of Wanji W., 305 A.D.2d 690, 692, 761 N.Y.S.2d 661 ).
BALKIN, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and LaSALLE, JJ., concur.