FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33460/21
Zoltán MÁTÉ
against Hungary
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 12 October 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Ivana Jelić, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 June 2021,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Zoltán Máté, was born in 1969.
The applicant was represented by Ms E. Gerencsér, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits on 26 January 2022. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations by 10 March 2022. Extension of time was requested on 15 March 2022 which expired on 11 April 2022. However, no observations were submitted. On 14 June 2023 the Registry requested further information in the case from the applicant’s representative. The representative’s attention was 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. This letter was successfully published on the Court’s electronic communication system (eComms) on the same day, using the validated email address of the representative.
According to the electronic records, the applicant has not consulted the eComms system since 8 June 2023 and has never downloaded the letter in question. In fact, no communication has reached the Court from the applicant’s side since 15 March 2022.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 16 November 2023.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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