THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 43401/10 Gheorghe Mircea CORANIUC against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 16 October 2012 as a Committee composed of:

Egbert Myjer , President, Luis López Guerra , Kristina Pardalos , judges, and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 July 2010,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Gheorghe Mircea Coraniuc, is a Romanian national, who was born in 1961 and lives in Arad.

The Romanian Government (“the Governm ent”) were represented by their Agent, Ms I. Cambrea, of the Ministry of Foreign Affaires.

The applicant raised complaints under Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention in relation with the conditions in which he was kept on the days when he had to attend public hearings and the alleged infringement of his right to correspondence while detained in Arad Prison.

The complaint under Article 8 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 his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 17 April 2012, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 26 March 2012 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 appl icant received this letter on 8 May 2012. 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. Furtherm ore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as de fined 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 Egbert Myjer Deputy Registrar President