Opinion
35941-21W
03-10-2022
Zubin Thomas Maharaj Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley, Chief Judge
By opinion issued January 11, 2022, in the case of Li v. Commissioner, 22 F.4th 1014 (D.C. Cir. 2022), the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Tax Court lacks jurisdiction of whistleblower cases involving threshold rejections of claims for whistleblower award. Based on that ruling, on March 7, 2021, respondent filed in this case a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Although the ruling in Li v. Commissioner is not yet final, because that ruling potentially affects our jurisdiction in this case, it is
ORDERED that the proceedings in this case are stayed. It is further
ORDERED that, although the proceedings are stayed, on or before September 9, 2022, the parties shall file status reports (preferably a joint report) concerning the then-current status of this case and the above-referenced case of Li v. Commissioner.