FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 61865/15 IonuÈ› CHIRICÄ‚ against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 11 October 2018 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 20 January 2016 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ionuț Chirică, was born in 1982.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

By letter dated 30 July 2018, sent by registered post, the applicant was requested to submit certain further information by 20 August 2018. 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.

On 8 August 2018 the above mentioned letter returned to the Court with the mention: “address changed”.

There is no previous letter from the applicant informing the Court about a change of address and no reply has been received from the applicant to the letter of 30 July 2018.

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 8 November 2018 .

Liv Tigerstedt Georges Ravarani Acting Deputy Registrar President