THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 12487/11 Sergey Vasilyevich ZUYEV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 26 September 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková , President, Dmitry Dedov , Gilberto Felici , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 30 January 2011 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Sergey Vasilyevich Zuyev , was born in 1955.

The applicant was represented by Mr S. Akimov , a lawyer practising in Moscow.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § § 1 and 3 (b) and (c) of the Convention concerning the alleged un fairness of the proceedings, inadequate time for preparation of defence, inability to confer with counsel and length of the proceedings 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 22 May 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 28 March 2019 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. The applicant received this letter on 8 June 2019. However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant does not wish to pursue the 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.

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 17 October 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President