Opinion
36220-21
09-07-2022
ROBERT T. GRIFFITHS & NANCY M. GRIFFTHS, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Albert G. Lauber Judge
This case is calendared on the Court's December 19, 2022, Washington, D.C., trial session. On November 29, 2021, petitioners timely mailed (and the Court on December 3, 2021, filed) a petition challenging a notice of deficiency for tax year 2018. On February 3, 2022, we directed petitioners to file an amended petition, which they did on March 22, 2022. Their original petition consists of 19 pages and includes a substantial amount of unredacted personal identifying information.
Rule 27(a), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, generally provides that parties should refrain from including (or should take appropriate steps to redact) certain confidential information, such as taxpayer identification numbers, social security numbers, and financial account numbers. The Court will seal petitioners' original petition to protect the confidential information appearing in it.
For cause, it is
ORDERED that, on the Court's own motion, the unredacted petition filed in this case on December 3, 2021, is sealed from public view.