Opinion
14825-20S
03-07-2022
Law Office of Frederic N. Halstrom, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Diana L. Leyden, Special Trial Judge
On December 28, 2020, petitioner timely filed a petition challenging a notice of determination dated September 28, 2020, issued for tax year 2017. Petitioner's petition consisted of 17 pages and includes unredacted personal identifying information.
Rule 27(a), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, generally provides that in an electronic or paper filing with the Court, a party or nonparty making the filing should refrain from including or should take appropriate steps to redact certain specified information, such as taxpayer identification numbers and financial account numbers. Due to the unredacted personal identifying information appearing in the petition, the Court will take steps to seal petitioner's petition to protect his information.
For cause, it is
ORDERED that on the Court's own motion the unredacted petition filed to commence this case on December 28, 2020, is sealed from public view. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall remove the unredacted petition from the Court's public record, and the unredacted petition shall be retained by the Court in a sealed file, which shall not be opened for inspection by any person or entity except by Order of the Court.