Opinion
12804-20
12-28-2021
Mohamad Nasser Aboui & Mahyar Mizani Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Albert G. Lauber Judge
This case was calendared on the Court's November 29, 2021, San Francisco, California, remote trial session. Petitioners requested a continuance to "allow the parties time to compile their records, exchange documents, and engage in good faith settlement discussions to avoid trial, if possible." On September 29, 2021, we granted petitioners' motion for continuance, struck the case from the Novem ber 29, 2021, trial session, and retained jurisdiction.
On December 20, 2021, respondent filed a status report representing that his counsel had received no additional information from petitioners and that she had tried to contact petitioners' counsel on December 16, 2021, but received no re sponse. Petitioners filed a status report on December 27, 2021, representing that they are still compiling and correcting their records and need additional time before they can produce them to respondent's counsel. In consideration of the foregoing, it is
ORDERED that petitioners shall submit to respondent's counsel, by March 28, 2022, all documents on which they would expect to rely at trial. It is further
ORDERED that the parties shall file with the Court, on or before April 21, 2022, a status report (jointly if possible, otherwise separately) detailing the then-present status of the case. If the parties do not report meaningful progress toward resolution, the Court expects to set this case for trial.