THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 1004/09 Andrey Vladimirovich DOROFEYEV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 17 December 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková , President, Dmitry Dedov , Gilberto Felici , judges , and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 December 2008,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Andrey Vladimirovich Dorofeyev , is a Russian national, who was born in 1973 and lives in Izhevsk.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention about ill ‑ treatment by police officers and under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the use of the confessions extracted by force for his conviction were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who were represented initially by Mr G. Matyushkin , the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin .

The applicant failed to respond to the last Registry ’ s letters of 1 June and 10 September 2018 and of 12 February 2019 requesting his position on the question of friendly settlement. On 18 June 2019 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant by registered mail, reminding him that the period allowed for submission of his position on the question of friendly settlement had expired on 11 March 2019 and that no extension of time had been requested. His attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. This letter was returned to the Court by the postal services following the expiration of the time-limit for storage.

The Court has not received any infor mation from the applicant since 2013.

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.

Done in English and notified in writing on 30 January 2020 .

Stephen Phillips Alena Poláčková Registrar President