THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 51160/18
Nikolay Nikolayevich BATENKOV
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 20 May 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Peeter Roosma, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 October 2018,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Nikolay Nikolayevich Batenkov, was born in 1988.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning unlawfulness of the unlimited duration of the exclusion order issued against him following his criminal conviction and violation of his right to respect for family life were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 9 September 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 19 February 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was 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. The applicant received this letter on 6 October 2020. However, no response has been received.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 10 June 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaDarian Pavli
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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