Denied access to a court registry official (Urkundsbeamter)

All personal belongings, including all writing materials, remained in Moabit. As early as 11.06.2025, I filed an urgent application for an escorted trip to the court registry official for time-limited Anhörungsrügen (complaints of a violation of the right to be heard; case reference 5 StR 72/25, BGH).

The responsible group management stated orally that the deadline had already expired before the transfer. At that point, I was not given a written decision capable of being challenged.

Only after a hunger strike and, in the prison's own words, a “joint approach developed with the Senate Department for Justice and Consumer Protection”, was I allowed a one-off escorted trip to the court registry official on 11.08.2025 — 54 days after receipt of the relevant BGH orders, once all deadlines had already expired. The phrase “joint approach” with the Senate Department comes verbatim from the prison file and, in my view, is evidence of coordinated administrative action beyond the individual prison.

The Kammergericht Berlin (Berlin Higher Regional Court) dismissed my Rechtsbeschwerde (appeal on points of law) as inadmissible and found that my claim for access to the court registry official was “moot” (erledigt); a risk of recurrence was rejected.

I filed a constitutional complaint against the Kammergericht order under § 90 BVerfGG (reference concerning 5 Ws 17/26), alleging violations of Art. 19 Abs. 4 GG (effective legal protection), Art. 103 Abs. 1 GG (right to be heard) and Art. 2 Abs. 1 in conjunction with Art. 1 Abs. 1 GG.