Opinion
1144-05 1334-06 20679-09 20680-09 20681-09
08-12-2022
MICHELLE DELPONTE, et al., Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes, Judge.
These cases are ultimately traceable to several on the Court's trial calendar for Miami in 2007. They now have one issue left to be tried -- petitioner's eligibility for innocent-spouse relief under IRC § 6015(c) from the considerable tax liability of her former husband. That issue is very close to being trial ready. In a call on August 11, 2022 all agreed that witnesses and counsel will all be available for trial during this division of the Court's upcoming San Francisco calendar. Respondent has a few remaining informal and formal discovery requests to pursue, and the parties have not yet completed a stipulation. But it can now be
ORDERED that the designated place of trial for these cases is changed to San Francisco, California. It is also
ORDERED that these cases be added to the Court's trial calendar that will begin at 10:00 a.m. on September 12, 2022 in the Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 450 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco in Room 2-1408. It is also
ORDERED that these cases are set for trial at a date and time certain during that session of September 19, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. It is also
ORDERED that the parties will submit a stipulation of facts to the Court on 1 or before September 16, 2022. It is also
ORDERED that the Court's standing pretrial order for the September 12 San Francisco trial calendar shall not govern these cases.
This is official notice to the parties of this schedule. The Court will expedite its consideration of any motion by respondent seeking a hearing on any remaining bank records that he wishes to discover through subpoena of third parties, but does not intend to let remaining discovery interfere with this trial schedule. 2