FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 65611/10 GiedrÄ— VITIENÄ– against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 February 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Vincent A. De Gaetano, President, Egidijus KÅ«ris, Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges,

and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 October 2010,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Ms GiedrÄ— VitienÄ—, is a Lithuanian national who was born in 1978 and lives in Vilnius.

2. The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the right not to incriminate oneself was communicated to the Lithuanian Government, who were represented by their Agent, Ms K. Bubnytė.

3. The applicant failed to respond to the Registry ’ s last letter of 24 November 2016 (she failed to claim the letter from the post office), reminding her that the period allowed for submission of her observations in reply had expired on 28 October 2016 and that no extension of time had been requested. Her 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 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 16 March 2017 .

Andrea Tamietti Vincent A. De Gaetano              Deputy Registrar President