Opinion
24501-12 24504-12
06-21-2023
JOHNNY SANCHEZ, et al., Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
MARK V. HOLMES JUDGE
These cases were on the Court's January 27, 2014 trial calendar for San Francisco, California. The Court put them on a long-term status-report track to see what happened in a related criminal case and in petitioners' ongoing negotiations with IRS Appeals, and to allow respondent to decide petitioner Johnny Sanchez's request for innocent-spouse relief. It turned out these related issues also depended on the outcome of the criminal trial but, with delays caused by the pandemic, it took years before the parties finally reported that the criminal case had pled out. We spoke with the parties today to check and progress and learned that they are looking at concrete settlement offers. Petitioners understandably want to see a bottom-line number; respondent is working with a computations specialist to finally move these cases over the finish line. It is therefore
ORDERED that the parties file settlement documents or respondent file another status report on or before August 7, 2023 to describe the parties' progress toward settlement.