Merritt v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Full title: ROXIE MERRITT, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Court: United States Tax Court

Date published: Mar 15, 2024

No. 3781-24S (U.S.T.C. Mar. 15, 2024)

Opinion

3781-24S

03-15-2024

ROXIE MERRITT, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge

ORDER

Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge

It has come to the Court's attention that the petition filed in this case on March 5, 2024, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner or of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.

ORDERED that petitioner shall, on or before May 1, 2024, file with the Court a Ratification of Petition bearing a signature in which petitioner states, if such be the case, that petitioner has read the petition filed on March 5, 2024, 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 petitioner a form which may be used by petitioner for purposes of ratifying the petition.

RATIFICATION OF PETITION

___, have read the Petition filed with the Court on ___ and do hereby ratify and affirm the filing of said document by affixing my signature hereto.

Signed ___

Dated ___