Opinion
12102-19
07-19-2022
NORTH BY NORTHWEST VI, LLC, NORTHWEST VI INVESTMENTS, LLC, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Elizabeth Crewson, Paris Judge.
On June 10, 2022, docket entry 90, respondent filed a Motion for Leave to File Amendment to Answer to Petition, and concurrently lodged an Amendment to Answer, docket entry 91.
By Order dated July 13, 2022, docket entry 93, the Court directed petitioner, on or by July 29, 2022, to file a response to respondent's Motion.
On July 15, 2022, docket entry 94, petitioner filed an Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Respondent's Motion for Leave to File Amendment to Answer, which indicates that petitioner sent respondent an informal discovery request seeking information relevant to respondent's Motion for Leave and proposed Amended Answer. Petitioner states this discovery will better prepare petitioner to respond to respondent's Motion for Leave, specifically regarding respondent's assertion of the fraud penalty.
Petitioner requests additional time to prepare a response to respondent's Motion for Leave until after respondent has responded to the informal discovery. Petitioner requests the due date to respond to the Motion for Leave be extended.
Petitioner's Motion also indicates that respondent's counsel has no objection to the granting of this motion.
After due consideration, and for cause, it is
ORDERED that, on or before August 16, 2022, the parties shall file a joint status report (or if that is not possible, then separate reports) stating the then-current status of this case. It is further
ORDERED that petitioner's Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to
Respond to Respondent's Motion for Leave to File Amendment to Answer, filed July 15, 2022, docket entry 94, is granted, in that the time within which petitioner shall file a response to respondent's Motion for Leave to File Amendment to Answer, docket entry 90, is extended until August 30, 2022.