Opinion
TC-MD 160154N
10-03-2016
EVE M. TRAILL and RICHARD H. TRAILL, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon, Defendant.
This Final Decision of Dismissal incorporates without change the court's Decision of Dismissal, entered September 13, 2016. The court did not receive a statement of costs and disbursements within 14 days after its Decision of Dismissal was entered. See Tax Court Rule-Magistrate Division (TCR-MD) 16 C(1).
ALLISON R. BOOMER MAGISTRATE
This matter came before the court on its own motion to dismiss this case for lack of prosecution.
A case management conference was held on May 31, 2016, during which the parties agreed to a briefing schedule. On May 31, 2016, the court sent the parties a Journal Entry memorializing that briefing schedule, which included an August 1, 2016, deadline for Plaintiffs to file a written response to Defendant's arguments. The Journal Entry advised that failure to comply with the deadlines set forth therein might result in the dismissal of Plaintiffs' appeal. The Journal Entry was not returned as undeliverable.
The court did not receive Plaintiffs' written response by the August 1, 2016, deadline. On August 11, 2016, the court issued an Order instructing Plaintiffs to file a written response to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment within 14 days. The Order warned that the court would dismiss Plaintiffs' appeal for lack of prosecution if it did not receive Plaintiffs' written response within 14 days. The Order was not returned as undeliverable.
Plaintiffs' 14-day deadline has passed, and the court has not received Plaintiffs' written response or any further communication from Plaintiffs. Under such circumstances, the court finds this appeal should be dismissed for lack of prosecution. Now, therefore, IT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COURT that Plaintiffs' appeal is dismissed.