Opinion
16412-22
08-01-2022
Tina L. Winston & Stephen Winston, Petitioners 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 July 11, 2022, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signature of petitioner Stephen Winston nor of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court. The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Stephen Winston shall, on or before September 30, 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 Stephen Winston read the petition filed on September 30, 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 petitioners a form which may be used by petitioner Stephen Winston for purposes of ratifying the petition.