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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33117/16
Marian GHEORGHE against Romania
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 19 January 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government, who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received by the Court.
By letters sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the time allowed for the submission of their observations had expired (see the appended table for the relevant dates). The applicants’ attention was further drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. No reply to these letters has been received by the Court (see details in the appended table) and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about the change of address.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 9 February 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
No. | Application no. | Applicant’s name Year of birth | Representative’s name and location | Date of the applicant’s last letter to the Court | Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant | Time limit of submission of response by the applicant | Date of the Court’s registered letter | Date of receipt/ return of the registered letter | Date of the applicant’s release from prison |
33117/16 18/08/2016 | Marian GHEORGHE 1968 | Mihaela Beca Bucharest | 01/09/2020 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to the applicant’s representative on 14/10/2022 | 27/04/2022 | |
37999/16 22/07/2016 | Nicolae-Caterin BUCUROIU 1988 | 04/01/2021 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to prison authorities on 10/10/2022 | - | ||
40710/16 01/08/2016 | Ionuț COȘCODAR 1984 | 25/03/2021 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to the applicant on 12/10/2022 (illegible signature) | 03/07/2019 | ||
46634/16 23/08/2016 | Ionel-Cristinel STANCU 1978 | 29/10/2020 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to prison authorities on 10/10/2022 | - | ||
69480/16 27/12/2016 | Iulian RĂDUȚ 1985 | 08/09/2020 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to prison authorities on 11/10/2022 | - | ||
3254/17 03/01/2017 | Marius OLTEANU 1991 | 22/06/2022 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to prison authorities on 10/10/2022 | - | ||
10021/17 30/05/2017 | Ioan LAUFER 1977 | Ana Maria Loredana Ciobotaru Galati | 25/11/2020 | 02/08/2022 | 13/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Handed over to the applicant’s representative on 11/10/2022 | - | |
17483/17 11/04/2017 | Marius-Cătălin MARIN 1991 | 07/05/2021 | 29/06/2022 | 10/08/2022 | 31/08/2022 | Returned to the Court on 11/09/2022 (from home address indicated for correspondence; according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) | 19/10/2017 |