FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 37926/16 N.C. against Italy

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 5 March 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Aleš Pejchal , President, Jovan Ilievski, Raffaele Sabato, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 May 2016,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant is an Italian national who was born in 1978 .

The President of the Section decided under Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of Court to grant the applicant anonymity .

The applicant was represented by Mr M. Dragone , a lawyer practising in Mestre .

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 2 of the Convention concerning the length of the civil proceedings for damages he had brought against the Health Ministry was communicated to the Italian Government (“the Government”) .

Subsequently , the applicant informed the Court that he wanted to withdraw the application since he had reached a settlement with the Government .

THE LAW

In view of the above, the Court considers that the matter has been resolved within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (b) of the Convention and that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the application under Article 37 § 1 in fine .

Accordingly, the application 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 26 March 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Aleš Pejchal Acting Deputy Registrar President