Opinion
25061-21S
10-19-2021
Elizabeth Lee Brown & Gregory Earl Schmidt 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 October 4, 2021, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Gregory Earl Schmidt nor of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Gregory Earl Schmidt shall, on or before December 2, 2021, 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 Gregory Earl Schmidt has read the petition filed on October 4, 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 Gregory Earl Schmidt 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.