Opinion
11295-22S
07-07-2022
MARC ANTHONY BENITEZ, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge
On May 12, 2022, petitioner filed the petition to commence this case. Petitioner did not redact his confidential taxpayer information from the attachments to that petition. Subsequently, on July 5, 2022, pursuant to Rule 27(a), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, petitioner filed a document titled Redacted Petition. That document, however, is not a proper redacted petition as the document filed is not an exact duplicate of the petition filed to commence this case. In addition, that document still included instances of unredacted confidential taxpayer information.
Upon due consideration, it is
ORDERED that the petition in this case is temporarily sealed. It is further
ORDERED that the Redacted Petition, filed July 5, 2022, is stricken from the Court's record and shall be sealed from public view. It is further
ORDERED that the Redacted Petition, filed July 5, 2022, shall be retained by the Court in a sealed file which shall not be inspected by any person or entity not a party to this case, except by an Order of the Court.
ORDERED that, on or before July 29, 2022, petitioner shall file a redacted petition that is an exact duplicate of the original petition filed on May 12, 2022, but with references to petitioner's confidential taxpayer information redacted from the attachments to that petition. If petitioner does not file the redacted petition as directed, the Court will lift the temporary seal on the unredacted petition.