Opinion
5534-23
04-21-2023
JERRY M. LOUIS & LESLIE P. LOUIS, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that the petition filed on March 28, 2023, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signatures of petitioners or of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioners shall, on or before June 5, 2023, 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 petitioners state, if such be the case, that petitioners have read the petition filed March 28, 2023, and ratify and affirm 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 petitioners 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 our signatures hereto.