Opinion
1514-20
04-13-2022
MARC ALAN WURDINGER & KATHERINE MARIE WURDINGER, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley Chief Judge
The petition filed to commence this case on January 24, 2020, does not bear the original signature of petitioner Marc Alan Wurdinger or the original signature of a practitioner admitted to practice before the Tax Court, as required by the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. Due to inadvertent clerical error, by Order dated February 6, 2020, the Court directed petitioner Katherine Marie Wurdinger, rather than petitioner Marc Alan Wurdinger, to ratify and affirm the petition filed on petitioner's behalf in this case. Petitioners have not complied with the Court's Order.
For cause, it is
ORDERED that petitioner Marc Alan Wurdinger shall file a ratification of petition, bearing his original signature (preferably in blue ink), on or before May 27, 2022. If no such ratification of petition is received by May 27, 2022, the Court may dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction as to Marc Alan Wurdinger. Petitioners should note that the ratification of petition may not be filed electronically. 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 Marc Alan Wurdinger for purposes of ratifying the petition.