THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 65609/13 Ulugbek Ikromovich UKTAMOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights ( Third Section ), sitting on 31 May 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Branko Lubarda , President, Pere Pastor Vilanova , Georgios A. Serghides , judges ,

and Stephen Phillips , Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 September 2013 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

T he applicant, Mr Ulugbek Ikromovich Uktamov , is a national of Uzbekistan , who was born in 1979. He was represented before the Court by Mr N. Nazarov , a lawyer practising in the Kemerovo Region .

The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin , the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

The applicant complained about an excessive length of his detention with a view to deportation and a lack of judicial review at regular intervals .

Th os e complaints were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits of the case . The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 6 November 2015 , sent by registered post, the applicant ’ s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 5 October 2015 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant ’ s representative ’ s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case 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 ’ s representative received this letter on 1 December 2015 . However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

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.

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 23 June 2016 .

Stephen Phillips Branko Lubarda Registrar President