Opinion
37346-21
09-12-2023
IRVING MUNIZ, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
MARK V. HOLMES JUDGE
This case is on the Court's October 2, 2023 trial calendar for Hartford, Connecticut. The most important issue is whether a K-1 that petitioner received from a close corporation was accurate. The case was continued once on petitioner's promise to obtain counsel. When petitioner moved for a second continuance because his request for the administrative file hadn't borne fruit until late August, we arranged a teleconference. We learned that informal discovery was unlikely to be enough to move the case forward. All agreed that a reasonable next step is for petitioners to subpoena the needed records from the corporation. This will take some time, so it is also reasonable to move the case to a status-report track.
It is therefore
ORDERED that petitioner's September 1, 2023 motion for a continuance is granted in that this case is stricken from the Court's October 2, 2023 trial calendar for Hartford, Connecticut. It is also
ORDERED that this division of the Court retains jurisdiction of this case. It is also
ORDERED that on or before November 13, 2023, the parties file a status report on their progress toward settlement, especially an update on discovery from the close corporation whose records petitioner promises to subpoena.