Opinion
25751-21
10-28-2021
Billy Joe Howell Jr Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley Chief Judge.
It has come to the Court's attention that the petition filed in this case on July 19, 2021, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner or of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner shall, on or before December 13, 2021, 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 has read the petition filed on July 19, 2021, 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 petitioner a form which may be used by petitioner for purposes of ratifying the petition.