FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 59413/17 Kristina RUÅ IENÄ– against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 April 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Georges Ravarani, President, Marko Bošnjak, Péter Paczolay, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 August 2017 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Kristina Rušienė, was born in 1963.

She was represented before the Court by Mr K. Jonaitis, a lawyer practising in Kaunas.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention concerning the length of proceedings were communicated to the Lithuanian Government (“the Government”) .

By letter dated 18 January 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the applicant ’ s observations on the admissibility and merits of the application had expired on 31 October 2018 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 31 January 2019. However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, t he Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (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 the Protocols thereto which require the continued 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 16 May 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Georges Ravarani Acting Deputy Registrar President