FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 56198/07 Miha MICHAEL against Slovenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 June 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Faris Vehabović, President, Carlo Ranzoni, Péter Paczolay, judges, and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 7 November 2007,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Mr Miha Michael, is, according to his declaration, a Stateless national, who was born in 1969 and lives in Ljubljana. He was represented before the Court by Hels inki Monitor of Slovenia, a non ‑ governmental organisation based in Ljubljana.

2. The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 3, 8, 13 and 14 of the Convention and under Article 2 of the Protocol No. 4 to the Convention concerning his inability to obtain Slovenian citizenship and/or preserve his status as a permanent resident and about consequences thereof were communicated to the Slovenian Government (“the Government”), who were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Bembič, State Attorney.

3. The applicant failed to respond to the last Registry ’ s letter of 17 January 2017 (received by his representative on 10 February 2017), reminding him that the period allowed for submission of the information requested in the Registry ’ s letter of 9 September 2016 had expired on 5 October 2016. His attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

THE LAW

4. The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue his 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.

5. 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 6 July 2017 .

Andrea Tamietti Faris Vehabović              Deputy Registrar President