Opinion
25679-21
12-15-2021
Chance T. Donahue & Amy H. Donahue Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley, Chief Judge
Petitioners filed the petition to commence this case on October 7, 2021. The petition was served on respondent on October 8, 2021. Based on that service date, respondent's answer to the petition was due on December 7, 2021. Respondent filed an answer to the petition on December 14, 2021. Thereafter, on December 14, 2021, respondent filed two motions for leave to file out of time answer (Docs. 5 and 7) and concurrently lodged two answers (Docs. 6 and 8). The Court will strike the documents deemed duplicative or superfluous and grant respondent's motion for leave to file out of time answer.
Upon due consideration, it is
ORDERED that respondent's (1) answer, filed December 7, 2021; (2) respondent's motion for leave to file out of time answer (filed December 14, 2021, at Doc. 5); and (3) respondent's answer, lodged December 14, 2021, at Doc. 6) are stricken from the Court's record in this case. It is further
ORDERED that respondent's motion for leave to file out of time answer, filed December 14, 2021, at Doc. 7, is granted and respondent's answer, lodged December 14, 2021, at Doc. 8, shall be filed as of the date this Order is issued.