SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 3148/21
Audrius ZAKARKA
against Lithuania
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on sitting on 12 October 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Frédéric Krenc, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 31 December 2020,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Audrius Zakarka, was born in 1995.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the compatibility of his continued detention with his state of health was communicated to the Lithuanian 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 5 July 2023, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 21 June 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 received this letter on 15 July 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 16 November 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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