FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 16458/21
Konrad LIPSKI
against Poland
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 7 May 2026 as a Committee composed of:
 Raffaele Sabato, President,
 Artūrs Kučs,
 Anna Adamska-Gallant, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 17 March 2021,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Konrad Lipski, was born in 1981.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.
By letter dated 16 December 2025, sent by registered post to the prison address in Chełm, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the requested information had expired on 6 July 2023 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 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. The letter was returned to the Court with a note that the applicant had no longer been imprisoned in that facility. His current address is unknown.
THE LAWIn the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 May 2026.
 
 Viktoriya Maradudina Raffaele Sabato
 Acting Deputy Registrar President