Opinion
30341-21
05-22-2024
NITIN VERMA, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Alina I. Marshall, Judge
Pending before the Court in this case are (1) respondent's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Prosecution, filed September 6, 2023 and supplemented September 15, 2023, and (2) respondent's Motion for Continuance, filed April 4, 2024. Respondent's aforementioned motion to dismiss was taken under advisement by Order served September 28, 2023 and will remain under advisement.
This case was called from the calendar of the Court's standalone remote trial session on May 20, 2024. There was no appearance by or on behalf of petitioner. Counsel for respondent appeared and informed the Court that, to her knowledge, petitioner was still hospitalized. Upon due consideration and for cause more fully appearing in the transcript of the proceeding, it is
ORDERED that respondent's Motion for Continuance, filed April 4, 2024, is granted and this case is continued. It is further
ORDERED that this case is calendared for trial at the standalone remote trial session of the Court, scheduled to commence at 1 p.m. (ET) on October 21, 2024. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve on the parties: (1) a notice of remote proceeding containing comprehensive instructions on how to participate in the above-referenced remote proceeding, (2) a copy of the Standing Pretrial Order for the Court's October 21, 2024, remote trial session and (3) a clinic letter for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is further
ORDERED that the parties shall, on or before July 19, 2024, file with the Court a joint report or separate reports as to the then present status of this case.
This Order constitutes official notice of its contents to the parties and further notice will not be given.