Opinion
14602-21
10-26-2022
TREVOR H. STERNE, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley, Judge
This case is calendared for trial at the Court's San Francisco, California, trial session beginning December 5, 2022. On October 21, 2022, the Court filed respondent's Motion to Compel Responses to Respondent's Interrogatories and respondent's Motion to Compel Production of Documents. Respondent's Motion to Compel Responses to Respondent's Interrogatories asked the Court to order petitioner to answer interrogatories served on petitioner on September 21, 2022. Respondent's Motion to Compel Production of Documents asked the Court to order petitioner to produce the documents served in the request on petitioner on September 21, 2022. Respondent's motions having been served on petitioner, it is
ORDERED that respondent's motions are granted in that petitioner shall, on or before November 10, 2022, (1) serve upon counsel for respondent full, complete and responsive responses made under oath and in good faith, to the interrogatories in Respondent's Interrogatories, which was served on petitioner on September 21, 2022, and (2) produce to counsel for respondent, documents requested in Respondent's Request for Production of Documents, served on petitioner on September 21, 2022. It is further
ORDERED that in the event petitioner does not fully comply with the provisions of this order, this Court will be inclined to impose sanctions pursuant to Tax Court Rule 104.