FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 55957/22
Boštjan Marko TURK
against Slovenia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 18 January 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Péter Paczolay, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 December 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Boštjan Marko Turk, was born in 1967. He was represented by Mr I. Marinšek, a lawyer practising in Maribor.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the length of the proceedings before the Constitutional Court was communicated to the Slovenian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 12 September 2023, sent to the applicant’s representative via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 4 September 2023 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. The applicant’s representative received that letter on 12 September 2023. However, no response has followed.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the 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 8 February 2024.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Péter Paczolay
Acting Deputy Registrar President