FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 33291/06 by Mamdouh HAMZA against the United Kingdom

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 November 2009 as a Chamber composed of:

Lech Garlicki , President, Nicolas Bratza , Giovanni Bonello , Ljiljana Mijović , Ján Šikuta , Mihai Poalelungi , Nebojša Vučinić , judges, and Lawrence Early, Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 August 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The application was lodged by Mr Mamdouh Hamza , an Egyptian national who was born in 1947 and lives in Cairo . The United Kingdom Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms J. Gladstone of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The applicant ’ s complaint concerning Article 6 § 2 of the Convention was communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant who was invited to submit his own observations by 28 July 2009.

By letter dated 14 September 2009 , sent by post and facsimile , the applicant was notified that he had not submitted any observations. He was requested to inform the Court by 28 September 2009 whether he wished to maintain his application. N o response has been received.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue his application, within the meaning of 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 its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Lawrence Early Lech Garlicki Registrar President