Opinion
20055-22L
09-21-2022
JAMES ROBERT SMITH, Petitioner 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 September 6, 2022, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner or of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner shall, on or before November 3, 2022, 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 petitioner has read the petition filed on September 6, 2022, 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 petitioner a form which may be used by petitioner for purposes of ratifying the petition.
RATIFICATION OF PETITION
____, have read the Petition filed with the Court on___and do hereby ratify and affirm the filing of said document by affixing my signature hereto.