Opinion
5566-23
04-17-2023
DONALD RAY & LINDA L. RAY, 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 March 31, 2023, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Linda L. Ray of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court. The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Linda L. Ray, on or before June 6, 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 Linda L. Ray read the petition filed on March 31, 2023, 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 Linda L. Ray 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.