Opinion
17015-22S
08-05-2022
Eugene M. Giles, Sr. & Bessie R. Giles, Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge.
It has come to the Court's attention that the Petition filed in this case on July 21, 2022, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Bessie R. Giles nor of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court. The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Bessie R. Giles shall, on or before October 4, 2022, 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 Bessie R. Giles read the petition filed on July 21, 2022, 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 Bessie R. Giles 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.