Opinion
26204-22
01-03-2023
DARON BATES & CELESTE BATES, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that the Petition filed in this case on November 23, 2022, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Celeste Bates of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court. The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Celeste Bates shall, on or before February 17, 2023, file with the Court in paper form (not electronic) a Ratification of Petition bearing an original signature (not a photocopy), preferably in blue ink, in which petitioner states, if such be the case, that Celeste Bates read the petition filed on November 23, 2022, and ratify and affirms the filing of said document. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to attach to the copy of this Order served on petitioners a form which may be used by petitioner Celeste Bates for purposes of ratifying the petition.