FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 43481/18 Hermann METZKER against Romania and 8 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 February 2025 as a Committee composed of: Anne Louise Bormann , President , Sebastian Răduleţu, András Jakab , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government, who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations (see the appended table for the relevant dates). No reply was received by the Court. By letters sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the time allowed for the submission of their observations had expired (see the appended table for the relevant dates). The applicants’ attention was further drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. No reply to these letters has been received by the Court. The registered letters either were received by the applicants or were returned to the Court (see details in the appended table). There are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address. THE LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (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 the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the applications. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases. Done in English and notified in writing on 20 March 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Date of the applicant’s last letter to the Court Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant Time-limit for submission of response by the applicant Date of the Court’s registered letter Date of receipt/return of the registered letter 43481/18 06/09/2018 Hermann METZKER 1962 03/12/2018 17/05/2024 28/06/2024 25/09/2024 16/10/2024 Letter returned to the sender as the addressee “moved” 7032/20 28/05/2020 Petrică MILITARU 1979 27/11/2023 17/05/2024 28/06/2024 25/09/2024 02/10/2024 Illegible signature 7185/20 24/02/2020 Marius BADEA 1984 21/06/2021 26/03/2024 07/06/2024 07/05/2024 19/07/2024 11/09/2024 22/10/2024 Letter returned to the sender as “unclaimed” 37832/20 16/02/2021 Bogdan-Iulian ŞTIRBU 1994 26/07/2021 26/03/2024 07/05/.2024 12/06/2024 27/06/2024 Illegible signature 4413/21 11/02/2021 Ion CORNEA 1978 15/04/2021 24/10/2023 21/11/2023 26/07/2024 Handed over on 07/08/2024 (according to information on the website of the Romanian Post) 12419/21 23/03/2021 Mircea Alexandru POPA 1989 27/04/2021 26/09/2023 24/10/2023 25/07/2024 02/08/2024 Illegible signature 30246/21 08/06/2021 Attila KEDVES 1972 27/07/2021 02/10/2023 30/10/2023 25/07/2024 Handed over on 14/08/2024 (according to information on the website of the Romanian Post) 42444/21 09/02/2022 Adrian-Marian CALISTRU 1999 30/03/2022 26/09/2023 24/10/2023 25/07/2024 30/08/2024 Letter returned to the sender as “unclaimed” 60386/21 02/03/2022 Hariton-Valentin MUTU 1993 31/05/2022 26/09/2023 24/10/2023 25/07/2024 02/08/2024 Letter returned to the sender as the addressee “moved”