FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 8967/15 M . against Italy

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 14 November 2019 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 12 February 2015,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, Mr M.M. and Mrs M.M., are Italian nationals, who were born in 1966 and 1974 respectively. The President of the Section decided under Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of Court that the applicants should be granted anonymity .

The applicants were represented by Mr M. Dragone , a lawyer practising in Mestre .

The applicants ’ complaints under Article 2 of the Convention concerning the length of the civil proceedings for damages they had brought against the Health Ministry were communicated to the Italian Government (“the Government”) .

Subsequently , the applicants informed the Court that they wanted to withdraw the application since they 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 5 December 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Aleš Pejchal Acting Deputy Registrar President