THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 3724/18
Sergey Yuryevich MELNIKOV
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 28 May 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 December 2017,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Sergey Yuryevich Melnikov, was born in 1964. He was represented by Ms K. Korchilova, a lawyer practising in St Petersburg.
The applicant complained under Articles 5, 6, 10 and 11 of the Convention about his administrative arrest and the administrative offence proceedings against him in connection with his participation in a public event. He also complained under Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention that he had been tried twice for the same offence.
The applicant’s complaints were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 19 December 2018, sent by registered post, the applicant’s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 22 November 2018 and that no extension of time had been requested. After an unsuccessful delivery attempt, the Court’s letter came back on 26 February 2019 as “unclaimed”. A new letter was sent on 27 March 2019, by registered post, to the applicant’s personal address informing him that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 22 November 2018 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’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.
The applicant received this letter on 11 April 2019. However, no response has been received.
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 18 June 2020.
Liv TigerstedtAlena Poláčková
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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