Opinion
4122-21
01-24-2022
John Micheal Bennett Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
David Gustafson Judge
This case was scheduled to be tried at a regular, in-person session of the Tax Court in Winston-Salem beginning February 7, 2022. However, by a status report the Court has been advised that this case has been settled, and we therefore expect that the parties intend to file a proposed stipulated decision no later than the calendar call in Winston-Salem on February 7, 2022. Because of the recent surge of infections in the coronavirus pandemic, the trial session in Winston-Salem is--for cases that need to be called at that session--being converted to a remote proceeding via zoomgov. It seems unlikely that this case will need to be so called. It is therefore
ORDERED that this case is continued, in that it is stricken from the calendar of the trial session beginning February 7, 2022, in Winston Salem; the case will not be called at that session; and the parties need not appear in that session. It is further
ORDERED that the judge signing this order retains jurisdiction over this case. It is further
ORDERED that the parties shall file a status report no later than February 21, 2022, unless by that date they have filed a proposed stipulated decision.