Opinion
16606-17W
07-25-2024
WHISTLEBLOWER 16606-17W, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Peter J. Panuthos Special Trial Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that certain documents filed in this case contain unredacted personal identifying information. The Court will take steps to seal those documents to protect petitioner's information.
Premises considered and for cause, it is
ORDERED that, on the Court's own motion, the Clerk of the Court shall seal and remove from the Court's public record the following documents filed by petitioner: (1) Notice of Change of Address, filed March 18, 2021 (Index #98); (2) Redacted Status Report, filed November 6, 2023 (Index #102); (3) Redacted Motion for Extension of Time to File Response to Motion for Summary Judgment, filed May 15, 2024 (Index #111); and (4) Redacted Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment, filed July 1, 2024 (Index #114).
Petitioner is reminded that, pursuant to the Court's August 1, 2018 Order and the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, in an electronic or paper filing with the Court in a whistleblower action, any party filing a document (including any certificate of service, any envelope in which a document is submitted in paper to the Court, and the case caption, as appropriate) shall refrain from including, or shall take appropriate steps to redact, the name, address, and other identifying information of the taxpayer to whom the claim relates, except as otherwise directed by the Court. "The party filing a document that contains redacted information shall file under seal a reference list that identifies each item of redacted information and specifies an appropriate identifier that uniquely corresponds to each item listed." Rule 345(b), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.