FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 34089/16
Narcis-Romulus PĂTRU against Romania
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 19 May 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
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. 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 (see details in the appended table) and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about the 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 9 June 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
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 the
Court’s registered
letter
Date of receipt
of the registered letter
New time-limit
for submission of observations
by the applicant
Date of the
applicant’s
release
from prison
34089/16
14/10/2016
Narcis-Romulus PĂTRU
1970
01/02/2018
31/01/2022
07/02/2022
Signed by the applicant
14/03/2022
27/06/2017
34796/16
11/07/2016
Elvis-Nicolae IONEL
1984
26/09/2017
31/01/2022
08/02/2022
Signed by the prison representative
14/03/2022
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53884/17
17/07/2017
Ergean SULIMAN
1994
Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
30/06/2021
31/01/2022
Downloaded from eComms on 31/01/2022 and 03/02/2022
14/03/2022
27/04/2017
54377/17
18/07/2017
Bebi SIMA
1977
Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
30/06/2021
31/01/2022
Downloaded from eComms on 03/02/2022
14/03/2022
18/01/2017
54384/17
21/07/2017
Sorin Ștefan ZOLTAN
1970
Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
30/06/2021
31/01/2022
Downloaded from eComms on 31/01/2022 and 03/02/2022
14/03/2022
07/05/2019
54397/17
20/07/2017
Aureliu TUDOR
1976
Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
30/06/2021
31/01/2022
Downloaded from eComms on 31/01/2022 and 03/02/2022
14/03/2022
29/01/2018
25539/19
13/06/2019
Adrian GHEORGHE
1976
25/06/2019
19/10/2021
Letter returned to sender on 10/11/2021
(according to information on the website
of the Romanian Post)
30/11/2021
23/11/2019
28887/20
21/08/2020
Marian IOSIF
1978
13/11/2020
10/01/2022
28/01/2022
Signed by the applicant’s wife
21/02/2022
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29568/20
24/08/2020
Alexandru Nicolae MOISE
1995
01/09/2020
15/12/2021
Letter returned to sender on 23/12/2021
(according to information on the website
of the Romanian Post)
26/01/2022
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33178/20
28/07/2020
Mihai LUCA
1980
22/02/2021
30/11/2021
07/12/2021
Signed by the prison representative
11/01/2022
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