FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 30702/16 AgnÄ— BENDINSKIENÄ– against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 10 April 2018 as a Chamber composed of:

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, President , Egidijus KÅ«ris , Iulia Motoc , judges ,

and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 11 May 2016,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Ms AgnÄ— BendinskienÄ— , is a Lithuanian national, who was born in 1978 and lives in Vilnius. She was represented before the Court by Ms R. Agrba , a lawyer practising in Kaunas.

2. The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about non-execution of the domestic courts ’ decisions to place a child of her deceased relatives with her and under Article 8 of the Convention about a breach of family life were communicated to the Lithuanian Government (“the Government”), who were represented by their Agent, Ms K. Bubnyt ė .

3. The applicant failed to respond to the Registry ’ s last letter of 15 December 2017 (received by her lawyer on 4 January 2018), reminding her that the time-limit for submitting her observations in reply had expired and that no extension had been requested. Her attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue her 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 3 May 2018 .

Andrea Tamietti Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque              Deputy Registrar President