Opinion
7293-21
09-28-2021
Edgar Martinez Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
MAURICE B. FOLEY, CHIEF JUDGE
On September 24, 2021, respondent filed in the above docked matter a Motion for Leave To File Out of Time Answer to Amended Petition and simultaneously lodged therewith the corresponding Answer to Amended Petition. (A duplicate copy of the Answer to Amended Petition was also improperly filed the same date.) The motion explained that the Answer to Amended Petition had not been filed due to an inadvertent office error.
The premises considered, it is
ORDERED that respondent's just referenced Motion for Leave To File Out of Time Answer to Amended Petition, filed September 24, 2021, is granted. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall file respondent's Answer to Amended Petition, lodged September 24, 2021, as of the date of this Order is served. It is further
ORDRERED that the duplicative Answer to Amended Petition improperly filed September 24, 2021, is hereby deemed stricken from the Court's record in this case.
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