Lyon v. Dep't of Revenue

Full title: DOUGLAS R. LYON, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon…

Court: OREGON TAX COURT MAGISTRATE DIVISION Income Tax

Date published: Aug 16, 2016

TC-MD 160231N (Or. T.C. Aug. 16, 2016)

Opinion

TC-MD 160231N

08-16-2016

DOUGLAS R. LYON, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon, Defendant.

ALLISON R. BOOMER MAGISTRATE

FINAL DECISION OF DISMISSAL ¹

1 This Final Decision of Dismissal incorporates without change the court's Decision of Dismissal, entered July 29, 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). --------

This matter came before the court on its own motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution.

Plaintiff filed his Complaint on May 23, 2016, and the Complaint and Notice of Filing were served on Defendant on May 25, 2016. Defendant did not file a response to Plaintiff's Complaint as required by Tax Court Rule-Magistrate Division (TCR-MD) 2 A. In a letter dated July 6, 2016, the court alerted the parties that no response had been filed and informed the parties of the provisions of TCR-MD 7 G (regarding motions for default). The court's July 6, 2016, letter further reminded Plaintiff of his responsibility to prosecute the case and warned Plaintiff that the court would dismiss this appeal if the court did not receive any further communication from the parties within 21 days.

The deadline for a response to the court's July 6, 2016, letter has now passed, and the court has not received a response from either party. Under such circumstances, the court finds the appeal must be dismissed. Now, therefore, / / / / / /

IT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COURT that Plaintiff's appeal is dismissed.

Dated this ___ day of August 2016.

/s/_________

ALLISON R. BOOMER

MAGISTRATE If you want to appeal this Final Decision of Dismissal , file a complaint in the Regular Division of the Oregon Tax Court , by mailing to: 1163 State Street , Salem , OR 97301-2563; or by hand delivery to: Fourth Floor , 1241 State Street , Salem , OR. Your complaint must be submitted within 60 days after the date of the Final Decision of Dismissal or this Final Decision of Dismissal cannot be changed. TCR-MD 19 B. This document was filed and entered on August 16 , 2016.