Opinion
2171-23
03-01-2023
ADIS RICHARDS & ALBERT RICHARDS, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that the Petition filed in this case on January 23, 2023, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Albert Richards or of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court. The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Albert Richards shall, on or before April 13, 2023, file with the Court in paper form (not electronic) a Ratification of Petition bearing an original signature (not a photocopy), preferably in blue ink, in which petitioner states, if such be the case, that Albert Richards read the petition filed on January 23, 2023, and ratify and affirms the filing of said document. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to attach to the copy of this Order served on petitioners a form which may be used by petitioner Albert Richards for purposes of ratifying the petition.