FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 15929/17 Daniel- Ștefan MARTIN against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 3 December 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Armen Harutyunyan, President, Jolien Schukking , Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 March 2017 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Daniel- Ștefan Martin, was born in 1991.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the refusal of leave to prisoner for attending funeral of close relatives as well as under Article 3 concerning the inadequate conditions of detentions were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”) on 3 December 2019. The Government submitted observations on the admissibility and merits of the case.

By letter of 3 December 2019, the applicant was informed that his case had been communicated to the Government. The letter was sent to Codlea Prison, indicated by the applicant as his correspondence address, but returned the Court with the mention that the applicant had been released on 13 February 2018.

By regular letter dated 9 July 2020 the Government ’ s observations were forwarded to the address indicated on the applicant ’ s identity card as his home address and he was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter and there are no previous letters from the applicant informing the Court about a change of address. In fact he has not been in contact with the Court since he lodged his application with the Court in March 2017.

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 14 January 2021 .

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Liv Tigerstedt Armen Harutyunyan              Acting Deputy Registrar President