Opinion
23002-19
10-20-2022
NICOLE D. SPRUILL, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
David Gustafson, Judge
This case was scheduled to be tried at a session of the Tax Court in Winston Salem, North Carolina, beginning February 7, 2022, at which the judge signing this order was to preside. However, on January 14, 2022, the Court held a conference call with counsel for the parties, during which the parties jointly requested a continuance, which the judge indicated he would grant. The parties stated a strong preference for an in-person trial; they expressed an expectation that the trial of this case will take two days; and they requested that the Court schedule a special trial session in the near future. The judge acknowledged those comments but stated that he is unable to predict when the trial may take place. He therefore continued the case but retained jurisdiction. However, it is not expected that he will conduct a trial session in Winston-Salem in the foreseeable future. Rather than further delay this case indefinitely, it is
ORDERED that jurisdiction is no longer retained by the judge signing this order and that this case is continued generally, to be placed in due course on the calendar of a Winston-Salem, NC, trial session.