FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35125/16
Gheorghe CIUMPILĂ against Romania
and 17 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 October 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
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 letters from the applicants informing the Court about a 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 28 October 2021.
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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.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of the
applicant’s last
letter to the
Court
Date of the
Court’s
registered
letter
Date of receipt
of the registered
letter
New time-limit
for submission of observations
by the applicant
Date of the
applicant’s
release
from prison
35125/16
20/07/2016
Gheorghe CIUMPILĂ
1986
05/01/2021
09/06/2021
Letter returned to sender on 23/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
21/07/2021
18/01/2017
35128/16
15/07/2016
Florin-Victor STĂNESCU
1989
23/08/2016
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Signed by the applicant’s mother
21/07/2021
06/08/2016
43917/16
23/08/2016
Gabriel-Cornel VÎRLAN
1973
16/10/2020
09/06/2021
Letter returned on 20/08/2021
as “unclaimed”
21/07/2021
28/02/2017
44005/16
26/08/2016
Dumitru CRAIU
1978
26/09/2017
09/06/2021
Letter returned to sender on 02/07/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
21/07/2021
17/08/2017
44018/16
11/08/2016
Teofil TOFAN
1987
Tudorița Trandafir
Grivita
27/10/2017
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Illegible signature
21/07/2021
17/10/2017
44307/16
18/08/2016
Istrate STĂNESCU
1977
20/01/2021
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Signed by the applicant
21/07/2021
21/03/2017
44412/16
31/08/2016
Rică NIȚĂ
1977
26/10/2020
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Signed by a relative of the applicant
21/07/2021
25/09/2017
45250/16
26/09/2016
Iulian IVAN
1972
01/12/2017
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Signed by the applicant
21/07/2021
12/07/2017
51108/16
23/09/2016
Costin-Viorel DUȚU
1978
29/10/2020
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Illegible signature
21/07/2021
26/07/2017
51269/16
20/09/2016
Lucian DUMITRU
1982
08/11/2017
09/06/2021
22/06/2021
Signed by the applicant’s mother
21/07/2021
17/08/2017
51333/16
13/09/2016
Dănuț-Alexandru COCIORVEI
1991
03/11/2016
09/06/2021
Letter returned to sender on 25/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
21/07/2021
17/01/2017
54593/18
14/12/2018
Andrei Robert PETRIA
1997
14/02/2019
05/07/2021
Letter returned on 07/09/2021
as “unclaimed”
16/08/2021
14/06/2019
18717/19
18/06/2019
Titi-Bogdan-Stelian POPI
1990
28/06/2019
18/05/2021
Letter returned on 20/08/2021
as “unclaimed”
29/06/2021
20/08/2019
45042/19
26/11/2019
George NEACȘU
1997
Simona Leca
Zăvoaia
14/01/2020
18/05/2021
Handed over on 04/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
29/06/2021
05/05/2020
46052/19
19/09/2019
Alexandru BEDÖ
1985
02/01/2020
18/05/2021
Letter returned to sender on 04/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
29/06/2021
In detention
46816/19
07/10/2019
Alexandru Constantin TODOR
1987
15/10/2019
18/05/2021
Letter returned to sender on 04/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
29/06/2021
27/112019
46888/19
23/09/2019
Gheorghe STAN
1959
15/07/2020
18/05/2021
Handed over on 04/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
29/06/2021
14/06/2020
35161/20
29/07/2020
Matei STĂNESCU
1976
13/08/2020
07/06/2021
Letter returned to sender on 23/06/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
19/07/2021
In detention