Richard Patriot )
Petitioner )
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vs. ) Docket No. 11384-00
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ) Motion for Extension of Time
Respondent.
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Pursuant to Tax Court Rule
# 25(c), Petitioner Patriot above hereby moves this court for an extension of
time based upon the following grounds:
1. District Counsel
sent properly to Petitioner a number of discovery request, motions, etc. These
are in good order and for the most part will be complied
with by Petitioner.
2. However, at this
time, the Petitioner is simply unable to respond and comply with this volume of
pleadings. Therefore Petitioner request an additional
thirty (30) days to comply or respond to all of them. Petitioner Patriot
needs more time to secure records, prepare his response to pleadings and retain
counsel.
4). Petitioner Patriot is
a working man, a pro se litigant, unschooled in law, unfamiliar with the
procedures and needs more time to prepare his responses. The Supreme Court has
ruled that pro se litigants are not held to the same procedural standards as
highly trained attorneys.
5. Petitioner has
little computer skills, office skills, and ability to prepare his
pleadings. However, Petitioner, who is aware of his responsibilities of a
pro se litigant, did hire competent clerical assistance that had ample computer
and office skills. Until recently, Petitioner filed all his responses and
pleading in good order and on time.
Petitioner knows
what needs to be done and how to get it done. That is not the
problem.
7. Petitioner
clerical assistant has notified him that due to cancer of husband and other
family health issues, she is unable to complete the task she agreed to do and
was compensated for. Therefore the Petitioner needs more time to hire
someone else.
8. Petitioner filed timely
and correctly his pleading in the beginning of this case. Responded to some discovery timely and correctly.
Therefore, the Petitioner has shown that he is able to comply with the rules
and respond to discovery timely.
Petitioner makes this
motion in good faith and is well aware of the sanctions against him if he does
not comply with the Rules of this court. Petitioner has the funds to hire
another clerical assistant and file his pleading timely and correctly.
Petitioner does not have the funds to hire high priced Attorneys or CPA for
this case. Therefore he must proceed Pro Se.
9. Due to no fault
of his own, he was unable to file his pleadings timely. His clerical
assistant had major medical issues in her family and was unable to carry out
known duties for which she was compensated.
10. Therefore Petitioner
request an extension of time for Thirty (30) or Sixty (60) days to file his
required responses
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE : I do hereby certify that on this date, I sent
properly a copy of this pleading to opposing counsel.
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Date: March 22, 2007
Richard Patriot