The applicant received a decision to transfer him to Romania under the Dublin Procedure and to hold him in detention for 30 days awaiting the transfer. He appealed against the decision on grounds that Romania is unable to ensure the proper conduct of the asylum procedure and that there are systematic flaws in the Romanian asylum system. The applicant drew attention to the capacity problems of the Romanian asylum system and to the deterioration of the situation due to the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as to the inacceptable living conditions in the Romanian refugee camps and the lack of access to healthcare for asylum-seekers. The appeal was dismissed by the Regional Court of Prague and stated that the flaws in the asylum procedures and the poor living conditions in Romania were taken into account in the decision and did not amount to deficiencies of a systemic nature within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the Dublin III Regulation. The applicant appealed this decision.

The Supreme Administrative Court referred to previous case law in noting that the Common European Asylum System is based on the principle of mutual trust between Member States and that the transfer can only be stopped when there are serious grounds for believing that systemic deficiencies occur in the receiving State. It further noted that the Court was not aware of any evidence suggesting shortcomings in the Romanian asylum procedure or in the reception conditions. Additionally, the applicant did not put forward any evidence prior to the initial decision and the shortcomings indicated at the appeal stage cannot amount to torture or inhuman treatment, considering the situation of the applicant, nor constitute systemic deficiencies. The Court therefore ruled that the appeal was unfounded and upheld the decision of the Regional Court.