Opinion
23639-13
10-20-2022
THOMAS GERARD REITZ, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
Pending before the Court is respondent's Motion for Continuance filed September 9, 2022, to which petitioner filed an Objection to respondent's motion on September 19, 2022. In view of the record in this case and the Notice of Change of Trial Judge served October 4, 2022, and petitioner's Letter dated October 11, 2022, it is
ORDERED that respondent's Motion for Continuance is granted and this case is stricken and continued from the Court's remote trial session beginning November 14, 2022. It is further
ORDERED that this case is calendared for trial at the remote session of the Court scheduled to commence December 5, 2022. The parties are advised that respondent's Motion for Default Judgment Pursuant to Tax Court Rule 123, filed September 14, 2015, remains pending before the Court in this case and the Court may be inclined to grant such motion, should petitioner not appear or otherwise participate in the remote session scheduled for December 5, 2022. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall also serve on the parties: (1) a Notice of Remote Proceeding that shall contain comprehensive instructions on how to participate in the above-referenced remote proceeding, (2) a copy of the Standing Pretrial Order for the Court's December 5, 2022, remote trial session, and (3) a clinic letter for Atlanta, Georgia.