Baca v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Full title: SOLEDA BACA, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Court: United States Tax Court

Date published: Oct 31, 2022

No. 22542-22S (U.S.T.C. Oct. 31, 2022)

Opinion

22542-22S

10-31-2022

SOLEDA BACA, 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 October 11, 2022, 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.

The foregoing considered, it is

ORDERED that petitioner shall, on or before December 12, 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 has read the petition filed on October 11, 2022, and ratify and affirm 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.