Opinion
31581-21S
01-18-2022
Robert Juan Barraza & Melissa Ann Barraza Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley Chief Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that the Petition filed in this case on September 22, 2021, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Melissa Ann Barraza nor of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court. The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Melissa Ann Barraza shall, on or before March 3, 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 Melissa Ann Barraza has read the petition filed on September 22, 2021, 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 Melissa Ann Barraza for purposes of ratifying the petition.
RATIFICATION OF PETITION
___, have read the Ratification of Petition filed with the Court on _____ and do hereby ratify and affirm the filing of said document by affixing my signature hereto.