FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 44823/10 Valentina Aleksandrovna MINOCHKINA against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting on 22 September 2015 as a Committee composed of:

Khanlar Hajiyev, President, Julia Laffranque, Dmitry Dedov, judges and André Wampach , Deputy Section Registrar ,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Ms Valentina Aleksandrovna Minochkina , is a Russian national, who was born in 1950 and lives in Saint Petersburg .

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

3 . The applicant complained under Article 6 of the Convention about her absence from the appeal hearing in the civil proceedings to which she was party.

4. The applicant ’ s complaint was communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

5. By letter dated 25 March 2015 , sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired 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 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. However, no response has been received . On 26 June 2015 the Court ’ s letter came back unclaimed.

THE LAW

6. 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.

7. 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 15 October 2015 .

André Wampach Khanlar Hajiyev Deputy Registrar President