FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 63933/13
Volodymyr Ivanovych SKOTARENKO
against Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 April 2017 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges,
and Karen Reid, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 August 2013,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Volodymyr Ivanovych Skotarenko, is a Ukrainian national, who lives in Dniprodzherzhynsk (now Kamyanske).
The applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of the Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.
By letter dated 4 February 2016 the applicant was requested to provide some documents. No response was received by the Court. By letter dated 30 September 2016, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the documents had expired on 7 March 2016 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. On 18 November 2016 the letter was returned to the Court due to the applicant’s failure to collect it from the local postal service’s office. The applicant did not inform the Court about any changes of his place of residence.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (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 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 May 2017.
Karen ReidVincent A. De Gaetano
RegistrarPresident
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