THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 21997/11 Aleksandr Anatolyevich DEGTYAREV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 9 September 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli, President, Dmitry Dedov, Peeter Roosma, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 March 2011,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Aleksandr Anatolyevich Degtyarev, was born in 1988.

The applicant was represented by Ms Irina Vladimirovna Klimina, a lawyer practising in Nizhniy Novgorod.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention concerning ill-treatment in custody and ineffectiveness of the ensuing investigation were communicated to the Russian 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 14 January 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant’s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 7 December 2020 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 1 February the letter arrived at the local post office and was stored there for the applicant’s representative to collect. On 6 March 2021 the post office returned the letter to the Court as uncollected.

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 30 September 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President