FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20526/16
Florin LETCANU against Romania
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 15 June 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 6 July 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
Date of the applicant’s last letter to the Court
Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant
Time-limit for submission of response by the applicant
Date of the Court’s registered letter
Date of receipt/ return of the registered letter
Date of the applicant’s release from prison
20526/16
23/09/2016
Florin LETCANU
1990
20/06/2022
12/09/2022
24/10/2022
13/12/2022
Received by the applicant on 20/12/2022
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23361/16
11/07/2016
Ion PERCA
1964
01/07/2022
28/07/2022
08/09/2022
09/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 25/01/2023
20/02/2018
31508/16
01/08/2016
Cristian STANCIU
1991
07/03/2022
12/09/2022
24/10/2022
13/12/2022
Received by the applicant on 20/12/2022
17/03/2017
51359/16
29/09/2016
Mitică ȘTEŢCO
1980
20/07/2022
12/09/2022
24/10/2022
13/12/2022
Received by the applicant on 20/12/2022
15/11/2017
73613/16
03/01/2017
Mihăiţă-Marian STAN
1987
20/10/2021
22/07/2022
02/09/2022
05/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 23/01/2023
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