European Court of Human Rights

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 49073/06
Nikolay Alekseyevich SYCHEV
against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 10 January 2012 as a Chamber composed of:

Nina Vajić, President,
Anatoly Kovler,
Peer Lorenzen,
Elisabeth Steiner,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
Erik Møse, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 July 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Nikolay Alekseyevich Sychev, is a Russian national who was born in 1947 and lives in Rodniki, Ivanovo 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 under Article 6 § 1of the Convention about the failure to enforce a judgment in his favour.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits and stated that the judgment in his favour was fully enforced. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Court’s letter.

By letter dated 30 September 2009, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 6 August 2009 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 17 October 2010. However, no response has been received by the Court.

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.

Søren Nielsen Nina Vajić
Registrar President