Opinion
20403-21S
07-20-2022
CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS JOHNSON, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
By Order served August 31, 2021, the Court directed petitioner to file in the above-docketed matter a Ratification of Petition, ratifying the petition previously filed in this case. The time for filing such a Ratification of Petition was subsequently extended by Order served May 24, 2022. However, no Ratification of Petition has been received from petitioner.
Thereafter, a proposed stipulated decision bearing petitioner's signature was filed electronically with the Court on June 27, 2022. Insofar as the Court's procedures require all stipulated decisions to bear original signatures of the taxpayers provided at minimum to the filing party as a high-resolution digital image and so maintained by the filing party, petitioner's intention to file and prosecute the case in this forum has been adequately verified.
Upon due consideration and for cause, it is
ORDERED that when the stipulated decision is entered in due course, the petition in this case, filed June 7, 2021, shall be deemed to have been ratified and affirmed.