THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 14687/08 Ioan MUREÅžAN against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 17 September 2013 as a Committee composed of:

Ján Šikuta, President, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 March 2008,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ioan MureÅŸan, is a Romanian national, who was born in 1959 and lives in Baia Mare. He was rep resented before the Court by Mr G. MateuÈ› , a lawyer practic ing in Arad.

The Romanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms C. Brumar, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Relying on Articles 3, 5, 6 and 8 of the Convention, the applicant raised numerous complaints before the Court.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention concerning him having been made to wear handcuffs in public and leaking of evidence from his criminal file to the media which resulted in widespread media coverage of his case were 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 his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 8 April 2013, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 18 March 2013 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. The applicant received this letter on 28 April 2013. 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.

Marialena Tsirli Ján Šikuta Deputy Registrar President