FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 55077/16 Nicu DOBRE against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 23 September 2021 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 application lodged on 9 November 2016,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Nicu Dobre, was born in 1975.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”).

The Government’s observations were sent to the applicant for comments, at the prison address indicated for correspondence. On 16 November 2020 the prison authorities informed the Registry that the applicant had died on 4 January 2020.

On 4 December 2020 and 9 June 2021, the Registry sent letters, the latter being sent by registered post, to the applicant’s home address, asking whether there was any potential heir wishing to pursue the proceedings before the Court. The letter of 9 June 2021 returned to the Court as “unclaimed”.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.

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 14 October 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan Acting Deputy Registrar President