Opinion
27896-21
12-10-2021
Sylvia Hooke & Thomas M. Hooke Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley, Chief Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that the Petition filed in this case on August 11, 2021, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Thomas M. Hooke nor of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Thomas M. Hooke shall, on or before January 20, 2022, 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 petitioner Thomas M. Hooke has read the petition filed on August 11, 2021, 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 Thomas M. Hooke for purposes of ratifying the petition. 1
RATIFICATION OF PETITION
__, have read the Ratification of Petition filed with the Court on __ and do hereby ratify and affirm the filing of said document by affixing my signature hereto. 2