Brown v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Full title: NANCY A. BROWN, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Court: United States Tax Court

Date published: Apr 13, 2023

No. 5098-23 (U.S.T.C. Apr. 13, 2023)

Opinion

5098-23

04-13-2023

NANCY A. BROWN, 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 March 13, 2023, 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 May 25, 2023, 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 March 13, 2023, 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.