4.  The applicant was born in 1941 and lives in Dunajská Lužná. 5.  On 23 July 1996 the applicant challenged his dismissal from a job. The Bratislava II District Court and, on appeal, the Bratislava Regional Court found against the applicant. The decision was served on the applicant and became final on 17 December 2003. 6.  On 13 January 2004 the applicant lodged an appeal on points of law. 7.  On 22 September 2005 the Supreme Court declared the appeal inadmissible, stating that this remedy could be lodged only in certain circumstances. The applicant had not invoked any such circumstances and the Supreme Court had not established their existence when examining ex officio the issue of admissibility of the appeal on points of law. 8.  On 23 August 2007 the Constitutional Court rejected the applicant's complaint about the overall length of the above proceedings, lodged on 16 July 2004. It held that the District and the Regional Court's proceedings had already ended in 2003 and the applicant's complaint in respect of that part was belated. It found no delays in the Supreme Court's proceedings. 9.  On 3 June 2008 the applicant requested reopening of the above civil proceedings. No decision in this respect has been adopted yet.