FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 7011/20
Florin MIHĂIESCU against Romania
and 24 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 3 October 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Sebastian Răduleţu,
Mateja Đurović, 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 (see the appended table for the relevant dates). 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. The registered letters either were received by the applicants or were returned to the Court (see details in the appended table). 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 24 October 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
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
7011/20
28/04/2020
Florin MIHĂIESCU
1985
30/05/2022
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
29/02/2024
15/03/2024
Illegible signature
9909/20
16/10/2020
Traian ROSTAŞ
1991
16/10/2020
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
29/02/2024
12/03/2024
Illegible signature
19543/20
05/10/2020
Ionel-Cristi BRADEA
1990
09/08/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
29/02/2024
06/03/2024
Signed for receipt by the Mărgineni prison’s authorities
21177/20
29/06/2020
Ionuț NEAGU
1990
28/10/2021
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
29/02/2024
Returned to sender on 22/05/2024 as “moved from address”
29250/20
19/10/2020
Tiberiu LACATOS
1994
21/03/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
29/02/2024
08/03/2024
Illegible signature
33620/20
02/10/2020
Ruben VOICAN
1984
02/10/2020
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
29/02/2024
12/03/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
20988/21
27/09/2021
Vasile PALĂU
1982
18/10/2023
06/05/2024
29/09/2023
10/11/2023
22/05/2024
Illegible signature
34064/21
28/07/2021
Valentin-Tudor SABADÎŞ
1992
08/09/2021
03/05/2024
29/09/2023
10/11/2023
06/06/2024
Returned to sender on 22/05/2024 as “moved abroad”
34072/21
02/08/2021
Vasile BORZOS
1982
02/05/2023
29/09/2023
10/11/2023
07/12/2023
07/05/2024
Returned to sender on 26/02/2024 as “recipient released”;
17/05/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
37531/21
17/08/2021
Gelu TODIROAEI
1956
27/09/2023
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
19/04/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
37817/21
18/08/2021
Radu-Cătălin VASILESCU
1978
18/08/2021
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
Returned to sender on 07/05/2024 as “unknown”
38840/21
29/11/2021
Grigore-Cătălin ROMANESCU
1992
03/01/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
Returned to sender on 07/05/2024 as “recipient released”
39321/21
07/02/2022
Claudiu BUȘĂ
1982
07/02/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
18/04/2024
Illegible signature
41387/21
14/09/2021
Bogdan CHIRIAC
1982
14/09/2021
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
Returned to sender on 07/05/2024 as “unknown”
41500/21
21/10/2021
Costel CONSTANTIN
1974
21/10/2021
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
19/04/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s wife
41760/21
08/10/2021
Constantin ALBĂLII
1969
08/10/2021
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
19/04/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
44044/21
04/10/2021
Ilie-Marin CRĂCIUN
1978
04/10/2021
22/01/2024
04/03/2024
22/03/2024
Returned to sender on 12/04/2024 as “moved from address”
44289/21
25/08/2021
Viorel REBEGILĂ
1960
25/08/2021
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
23/04/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s wife
45105/21
10/01/2022
Valeriu Constantin AZAMFIREI
1989
21/03/2023
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
11/04/2024
18/04/2024
Illegible signature
49749/21
20/12/2021
Gheorghe PINTEA
1964
10/01/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
26/04/2024
Returned to sender on 07/06/2024 as “unclaimed”
51474/21
01/03/2022
Mădălin IEPURE
1981
23/05/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
26/04/2024
08/05/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
59588/21
30/12/2021
Eugen CĂCIULARU
1980
09/02/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
26/04/2024
08/05/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
59595/21
28/04/2022
Ciprian MARIAŞ
1976
07/06/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
26/04/2024
10/05/2024
Signed for receipt by the applicant
61183/21
17/01/2022
Marius URSACHE
1970
11/04/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
26/04/2024
08/05/2024
Illegible signature
61217/21
21/01/2022
Mihaela PETREA
1972
21/06/2022
09/11/2023
21/12/2023
26/04/2024
17/05/2024
Illegible signature