FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 19802/16
Adi-Florin PIŞINARU against Romania
and 14 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
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
19802/16
03/06/2016
Adi-Florin PIŞINARU
1988
26/03/2019
04/12/2020
16/12/2020
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother-in-law
15/01/2021
27/03/2018
28625/16
08/09/2016
Ioan LOGA
1975
19/08/2019
12/08/2021
Letter returned to sender on
31/08/2021
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
23/09/2021
09/05/2017
38886/16
01/08/2016
Zoltán BALÁZS
1975
14/10/2016
04/12/2020
17/12/2020
Signed for receipt by the
applicant
15/01/2021
13/03/2018
38938/16
25/07/2016
Sorin FELNECAN
1972
03/10/2018
04/12/2020
06/01/2021
Handed over to the recipient
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
15/01/2021
14/05/2019
78762/16
08/03/2017
Petre BREAZU
1968
20/06/2017
06/08/2021
12/08/2021
Handed over to the recipient
(according to information on the website of the French Post)
17/09/2021
23/05/2017
79466/16
30/03/2017
Remus VÎNT
1975
21/12/2020
21/09/2021
06/10/2021
Signed for receipt by Aiud prison’s representative
02/11/2021
-
5215/17
09/02/2017
Vasile BOBRIUC
1979
17/05/2017
24/03/2021
Letter returned to sender both from Timișoara prison on 12/05/2021 as recipient “released”
and from the applicant’s home address on 19/04/2021 as “unclaimed”
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
05/05/2021
24/02/2021
54638/19
05/11/2019
Robert-George STAN
1982
06/02/2020
12/08/2021
Letter returned to sender on 02/09/2021 as “unclaimed”
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
23/09/2021
27/01/2020
63085/19
20/12/2019
Cristian MIHALACHE
1978
01/09/2020
12/10/2021
27/10/2021
Signed for receipt by București-Jilava prison’s representative
23/11/2021
-
5023/20
06/02/2020
Minas CHATZIKONSTANTIS
1972
09/07/2021
25/08/2021
14/10/2021
Handed over to the recipient
(according to information on the website of the German Post)
06/10/2021
25/06/2021
10303/20
02/06/2020
Constantin BENZINĂ
1977
22/09/2020
13/08/2021
31/08/2021
Signed for receipt by Târgu Jiu prison’s representative
24/09/2021
-
10467/20
09/03/2020
Marius-Ionică DOGARIU
1996
11/12/2020
26/02/2021
10/03/2021
Signed for receipt by the
applicant’s brother
09/04/2021
17/06/2020
18806/20
09/06/2020
Alexandru ANGHEL
1992
01/09/2020
13/08/2021
30/08/2021
Illegible signature
24/09/2021
-
19245/20
22/04/2020
Ştefan PĂDURE
1985
17/07/2020
12/08/2021
26/08/2021
Illegible signature
23/09/2021
-
31250/20
06/08/2020
Petronela MUNTEANU
1967
01/02/2021
13/08/2021
31/08/2021
Signed for receipt by Gherla prison’s representative
24/09/2021
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