FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6057/16
Tiberiu DRAGOTĂ against Romania
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 8 December 2022 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 12 January 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.
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
6057/16
11/02/2016
Tiberiu DRAGOTĂ
1987
21/05/2019
15/10/2021
08/11/2021
Signed by a relative
26/11/2021
15/11/2017
24596/16
18/07/2016
Gheorghe GEREBENEȘ
1971
10/02/2020
10/08/2022
25/08/2022
Signed by a relative
16/09/2022
19/07/2017
56597/16
02/11/2016
Marius COSTEA
1982
19/12/2019
17/09/2021
26/09/2021
Illegible signature
29/10/2021
25/06/2019
57286/16
01/02/2017
Petru-Ilie LĂCĂTUȘ
1988
12/07/2021
11/10/2021
Returned on 01/12/2021
as “applicant detained”
22/11/2021
19/04/2017
44176/17
07/06/2017
Ilie BUNCEANU
1949
17/11/2020
05/08/2022
16/08/2022
Illegible signature
05/09/2022
01/08/2017
48314/17
27/07/2017
Silviu-Daniel URDEA
1983
Bogdan Pătraşcu
Galati
22/10/2020
11/10/2021
Returned on 01/12/2021 as “refused” by the representative
22/11/2021
15/06/2017
67126/17
05/09/2017
Cosmin-Florin FĂT
1983
Sorin Tomele
Oradea
13/11/2017
10/08/2022
22/08/2022
Signed by representative
16/09/2022
17/05/2017
9248/18
08/03/2018
Cristinel ANDRONACHE
1975
04/01/2021
11/10/2021
20/10/2021
Signed by a relative
22/11/2021
03/10/2017