CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 11 octobre 1990

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                        AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF                         Application No. 16778/90                       by M.                       against the United Kingdom             The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 11 October 1990, the following members being present:                 MM. C.A. NØRGAARD, President                   J.A. FROWEIN                   S. TRECHSEL                   F. ERMACORA                   G. SPERDUTI                   E. BUSUTTIL                   G. JÖRUNDSSON                   A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                   A. WEITZEL                   J.-C. SOYER                   H.G. SCHERMERS                   H. DANELIUS              Mrs.   G. H. THUNE              Sir   Basil HALL              MM.   F. MARTINEZ RUIZ                   C.L. ROZAKIS              Mrs.   J. LIDDY              MM.   L. LOUCAIDES                   J.-C. GEUS                   A.V. ALMEIDA RIBEIRO                   M.P. PELLONPÄÄ                Mr.   H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission           Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;           Having regard to the application introduced on 5 April 1990 by M. against the United Kingdom and registered on 22 June 1990 under file No. 16778/90;           Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;           Having deliberated;           Decides as follows:           The applicant is a British citizen born in 1937 and resident in L.           Following the loss of his job in 1981, the applicant experienced difficulty in paying his rates to L. City Council. On 15 July 1988, the applicant was committed to prison for six weeks for non-payment of his rates by Leeds Magistrates Court.   The applicant alleges that while in prison he was assaulted by prisoners and staff and wrongly classified as a criminal rather than a civil prisoner for a period of 2 - 3 weeks with resulting loss of privileges.           The applicant's solicitors applied for legal aid to pursue a claim for wrongful imprisonment.   Legal aid was refused on 6 November 1989 on the ground that it did not appear that the applicant could successfully proceed against the Leeds Magistrates Court.           The applicant complains inter alia of being subjected to degrading treatment as a result of his detention, of being wrongly imprisoned, of failing to receive a fair hearing before the Magistrates Court and of censorship of his correspondence in prison. He invokes Articles 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Convention.           The Commission has examined the applicant's separate complaints as they have been submitted by him.   However, after considering the case as a whole, the Commission finds that it does not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms set out in the Convention.           It follows that the application is as a whole manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article 27 para. 2 of the Convention.           For these reasons, the Commission           DECLARES THE APPLICATION INADMISSIBLE.     Secretary to the Commission                  President of the Commission            (H. C. KRÜGER)                                (C.A. NØRGAARD)