Opinion
13857-20
02-15-2023
SCOTT A. MYERS & LISA MYERS, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes Judge
This case is on the Court's March 6, 2023 trial calendar for Dallas, Texas. When the parties moved for a second continuance and disclosed that they hadn't yet had a Branerton conference we set up a phone call to discuss a way to move the case to a conclusion. We spoke with the parties on February 14, 2023 and learned that they had been unable to settle at IRS Appeals but were reasonably confident that they could settle at IRS Counsel. Respondent has already asked for documentation that the Appeals Office apparently did not. Petitioners promised to produce what will probably be hundreds of pages within four weeks. Respondent will need some time to review it, but the Court now agrees with them that a stay on the status-report track is reasonable.
It is therefore
ORDERED that the parties' motion to continue this case is granted in that it is stricken from the Court's March 6, 2023 trial calendar for Dallas, Texas. It is also
ORDERED that this division of the Court retains jurisdiction. It is also
ORDERED that on or before April 25, 2023 the parties shall submit settlement documents or file a status report describing their progress, including a report of whether they have successfully concluded informal discovery.