Opinion
TC-MD 160270C
10-28-2016
PAUL A. HARMAN, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon, Defendant.
This Final Decision of Dismissal incorporates without change the court's Decision of Dismissal, entered October 10, 2016. The court did not receive a statement of costs and disbursements within 14 days after its Decision of Dismissal was entered. See Tax Court Rule-Magistrate Division (TCR-MD) 16 C(1). The court received a letter from Plaintiff's representative on October 19, 2016, which did not indicate that it had been copied to Defendant and so was not filed.
POUL F. LUNDGREN MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff failed to appear at the case management conference set for 9:00 a.m. on September 19, 2016. On August 24, 2016, the court issued a notice directing the parties to appear at the case management conference. That notice advised that the court might dismiss this case if the recipient did not appear. On September 19, 2016, after Plaintiff failed to appear, the court sent Plaintiff a letter advising him that the court would dismiss this case if he did not provide a written explanation of his failure to appear by October 3, 2016. Plaintiff has not submitted a written response to the court's letter.
Considering Plaintiff's failure to appear for the case management conference and failure to respond to the court's subsequent letter, dismissal of this case is now appropriate. Now, therefore, IT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COURT that Plaintiff's Complaint is dismissed.