FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 19025/16
Gheorghe LĂCĂTUŞ against Romania
and 18 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 17 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Tim Eicke, President,
Branko Lubarda,
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 (see the appended table for the relevant dates). 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. 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 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 8 June 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Tim Eicke
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 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 of the
registered letter
Date of the
applicant’s
release from
prison
19025/16
06/05/2016
Gheorghe LĂCĂTUŞ
1984
02/09/2020
22/02/2021
29/03/2021
28/07/2021
09/08/2021
No information.
19033/16
25/04/2016
Sorin BOGDAN
1967
01/09/2020
28/07/2022
08/09/2022
03/10/2022
11/10/2022
21/11/2017
32454/16
12/07/2016
Ion-Dumitru BĂLUŢĂ
1983
12/01/2018
19/07/2022
30/08/2022
03/10/2022
Returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 01/12/2022
12/01/2017
46955/16
29/08/2016
Dănuţ MUNTEANU
1964
14/02/2022
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
26/01/2023
No information.
65935/16
08/12/2016
Ioan BUNGIANU
1962
10/06/2022
05/07/2022
16/08/2022
05/01/2023
26/01/2023
08/04/2020
67619/16
07/12/2016
Gheorghe STĂNOIU
1964
21/06/2022
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
Registered letter sent to the address indicated by the applicant. Returned to the Court as “unknown” on 06/03/2023
It appears that the applicant’s detention is still pending.
74836/16
28/11/2016
Adrian CAZACU
1991
19/04/2022
31/08/2022
12/10/2022
22/11/2022
29/11/2022
19/09/2017
3450/17
27/02/2017
Florin-Alexandru COSOVANU
1990
Violeta Diaconu
Bucharest
16/10/2020
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
26/01/2023
It appears that the applicant’s detention is still pending.
9737/17
17/02/2017
Gheorghe AMZA
1976
19/11/2020
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
21/11/2022
Returned to the Court as “moved from address” on 27/01/2023
No information.
12330/17
29/06/2017
Gheorghe ISTRATE
1976
22/08/2022
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
21/11/2022
05/12/2022
No information.
14958/17
13/02/2017
Adrian BULEU
1977
Alina Cosmina Buleu
Arad
07/09/2020
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
21/11/2022
Returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 27/01/2023
No information.
15319/17
17/02/2017
Corneliu-Paraschiv ALDEA
1960
23/06/2021
08/04/2022
20/05/2022
16/09/2022
05/10/2022
25/10/2016
17252/17
24/02/2017
Ilie Daniel PINTICAN
1992
03/11/2020
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
30/01/2023
It appears that the applicant’s detention is still pending.
17633/17
24/03/2017
László KISS
1972
25/02/2021
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
21/11/2022
Returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 27/01/2023
31/03/2021
20828/17
10/04/2017
Cătălin GACIU
1976
28/06/2022
04/08/2022
15/09/2022
05/01/2023
27/01/2023
16/04/2019
31123/17
04/07/2017
Ion TOMESCU
1947
14/09/2022
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
21/11/2022
29/11/2022
13/02/2018
39998/17
03/08/2017
Valentina TUDOR
1988
16/10/2020
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
23/01/2023
It appears that the applicant’s detention is still pending.
46910/17
28/07/2017
Adalbert-Petru FEHER
1982
16/07/2021
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
23/01/2023
02/11/2021
82274/17
28/11/2017
Nicu MORARU
1980
23/06/2022
31/08/2022
12/10/2022
06/12/2022
13/12/2022
23/04/2021