European Court of Human Rights

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no 21187/07
Konstantin Vasilyevich PRIVALOV
against Russia
lodged on 2 April 2007

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 14 February 2012 as a Committee composed of:

Peer Lorenzen, President,
Elisabeth Steiner,
Julia Laffranque, judges
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 April 2007,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Konstantin Vasilyevich Privalov, is a Russian national who was born in 1969 and lived, prior to his arrest, in Petushki, Vladimir Region. He was represented before the Court by Mr F. Bagryanskiy, a lawyer practising in Vladimir. The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

The applicant complained, inter alia, under Article 3 of the Convention about the conditions of his detention and under Article 5 § 4 of the Convention about the lack of speediness of the review of his detention.

On 9 September 2011 the Government submitted to the Registry their observations on the admissibility and merits of the application. These were forwarded on 14 September 2011 to the applicant, who was invited to submit observations in reply by 16 November 2011.

On 3 November 2011 the applicant’s representative informed the Court that the applicant wished no longer to pursue his application before the Court.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

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.

André Wampach Peer Lorenzen
Deputy Registrar President