THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 34173/08 Aleksandr Anatolyevich FEOKTISTOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 17 November 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Helena Jäderblom , President, Dmitry Dedov , Branko Lubarda , judges,

and Hasan Bakırcı , Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 May 2008 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Aleksandr Anatolyevich Feoktistov , was born in 1976.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings as well as under Article 13 concerning lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

By letter dated 3 February 2016, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 11 December 2015 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 18 February 2016. 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 8 December 2016 .

Hasan Bakırcı Helena Jäderblom              Deputy Registrar President