Opinion
12008-24
09-23-2024
HECTOR MENA, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
On July 16, 2024, the Petition was filed to commence the above-docketed case. The Petition was not redacted to eliminate references to taxpayer identification numbers. Subsequently, on September 18, 2024, petitioner submitted two apparently identical copies of a Redacted Petition in which references to taxpayer identification numbers had been eliminated. See Rule 27(h), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. In addition, on September 19, 2024, petitioner filed a letter improperly designated as an "Answer."
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that the unredacted Petition, filed July 16, 2024, is sealed and shall not be inspected by any person or entity not a party to this case, except by an Order of the Court. It is further
ORDERED that the duplicate Redacted Petition, filed September 18, 2024, at Docket Index No. 14, is deemed stricken from the record. It is further
ORDERED that petitioner's Answer, filed September 19, 2024 is recharacterized as petitioner's Letter.