FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40487/16
Dumitru-Cristinel PĂTRUŢESCU against Romania
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 17 December 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 a change of address. All applicants have been released from prison.
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 21 January 2021.
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Liv TigerstedtArmen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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 the
Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt of the
registered letter
Time-limit for submission of observations by the applicant
Date of the
applicant’s
release from prison
40487/16
08/07/2016
Dumitru-Cristinel PĂTRUŢESCU
1974
31/01/2017
19/08/2020
26/08/2020
Letter returned as recipient “moved”
30/09/2020
04/09/2018
42979/16
25/08/2016
Alexandru-Nicolae MUNTEAN
1987
26/09/2016
19/08/2020
01/09/2020
Illegible signature
30/09/2020
13/06/2019
43921/16
12/09/2016
Ion VREJITORU
1965
12/09/2016
19/08/2020
25/08/2020
Signed by the applicant’s daughter
30/09/2020
24/07/2018
45345/16
06/09/2016
Alexandru-Leonardo CHIORAN
1982
06/09/2016
19/08/2020
27/08/2020
Signed by the applicant
30/09/2020
03/04/2018
46332/16
29/08/2016
Ovidiu DUDAŞ
1992
12/07/2017
19/08/2020
31/08/2020
Illegible signature
30/09/2020
15/05/2018
49864/16
03/01/2017
Laurențiu CHELMU
1990
24/03/2017
19/08/2020
26/08/2020
Signed by the applicant
30/09/2020
17/07/2018
50969/16
23/09/2016
Noe-Marian BRUMAR
1991
Represented by
Virág Sándor,
Sfantu Gheorghe
23/09/2016
19/08/2020
01/09/2020
Signed by the applicant’s representative
30/09/2020
07/05/2018
51499/16
28/09/2016
Bogdan-Constantin GÂNDAC
1995
Represented by
Virág Sándor,
Sfantu Gheorghe
28/09/2016
19/08/2020
01/09/2020
Signed by the applicant’s representative
30/09/2020
19/10/2017
51706/16
14/10/2016
Constantin GIURA
1992
18/11/2016
19/08/2020
25/08/2020
Illegible signature
30/09/2020
21/11/2017
52108/16
13/10/2016
Gheorghe LEPĂDATU
1982
Represented by
Robert Mihail,
Moreni
13/10/2016
19/08/2020
Handed over to the recipient on
25/08/2020
(according to information
on the website of the Romanian Post)
30/09/2020
03/10/2018
61088/16
19/01/2017
Dinarlî ALI
1979
19/01/2017
19/08/2020
23/09/2020
Letter returned as “unclaimed”
30/09/2020
30/09/2019
64463/16
25/01/2017
Vasile LĂCĂTUȘ
1991
25/01/2017
19/08/2020
Handed over to the recipient on
28/08/2020
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
30/09/2020
14/04/2019
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