FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 4786/06
Marat Nailevich KAMALOV against Russia
and four other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 September 2013 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Julia Laffranque,
Dmitry Dedov, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates set out in the appendix,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
1. A list of the applicants and their representatives is set out in the appendix.
2. The respondent Government were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
3. The applicants complained, among other matters, about poor conditions of their detention in Russian penitentiary facilities.
4. The applications had been communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits or unilateral declarations.
5. By letters of various dates, the Government’s submissions were forwarded to the applicants who were requested to comment on them. No replies were received to the Court’s letters.
6. Following their failure to reply by the time-limit set by the Court, the applicants were notified by letters sent by registered post that the period allowed for their submissions had expired and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicants do not intend to pursue the applications.
7. No further correspondence was received from the applicants.
THE LAW
8. The Court decides to consider the applications in a single decision.
9. The Court considers that, in the circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their applications, within the meaning of 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 its Protocols which require the continued examination of the cases.
10. 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.
André WampachKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
4786/06
06/12/2005
Marat Nailevich KAMALOV
04/02/1984
Dzerzhinsk
62760/09
02/11/2009
Vitaliy Yakovlevich ESPEK
15/11/1965
Yelishino
39660/10
17/05/2010
Vitaliy Valeryevich SAVINTSEV
02/09/1980
Yekaterinburg
69571/10
17/11/2010
Andrey Gennadyevich SEMENCHUKOV
05/02/1975
Misha-Yag
Yuliya Sergeyevna VOLKOVA
75152/11
25/11/2011
Igor Ivanovich PAULS
02/03/1971
Angarsk
Andrey Andreyevich SHADRIN
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