Mootness of petition to transfer civil case following prior final resolution of underlying proceedings

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for the transfer of a case, effectively allowing the public prosecutor to prevail in arguing that the request had become moot. The dispute concerned a procedural motion by a petitioner to transfer Court of Appeal Cluj case no. 7141/117/2011 to another jurisdiction, but the court noted via the information registry that the underlying proceedings had already been resolved on February 12, 2013. Deciding that no subject matter remained for the transfer request, the court applied the doctrine of *res judicata* or mootness inherent in finalized proceedings to deny relief, issuing a final, non-appealable order on April 4, 2013.